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MONETT, Mo. (AP) _ Jack Henry & Associates Inc. (JKHY) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $80.4 million.
The Monett, Missouri-based company said it had profit of $1.10 per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1 per share.
The payment processsing company posted revenue of $482.7 million in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $480.8 million.
For the year, the company reported profit of $362.9 million, or $4.94 per share. Revenue was reported as $1.94 billion.
Jack Henry expects full-year earnings to be $5.05 to $5.09 per share, with revenue in the range of $2.08 billion to $2.09 billion.
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New partnership will use the power of high-throughput sequencing to measure and understand marine life in our oceans at a rate that eclipses traditional research methods
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Minderoo Foundation and Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), today announced a 40 million Australian dollar (US $27.8 million) partnership that will leverage the power of genomics to accelerate scientific understanding of marine systems and help marine conservationists make informed decisions. The three-year partnership demonstrates a shared commitment to conserving marine biodiversity and understanding the changing marine ecosystems on which people and national economies depend.
Minderoo Foundation's director of OceanOmics, Dr. Steve Burnell, said that scaling environmental DNA (eDNA) technologies and applying new computational and artificial-intelligence-enabled approaches have the potential to revolutionize our understanding of life in the ocean and our ability to protect it.
"By rapidly identifying species that may be endangered, invasive, or otherwise poorly understood, the research will contribute data and information to support timely and impactful marine biodiversity conservation," Burnell said. "Minderoo Foundation is committed to returning our oceans to a flourishing state."
Surveillance of marine ecosystems using eDNA can increase the resolution and sensitivity with which scientists understand biodiversity and can measure change. A cup of seawater can contain millions of pieces of eDNA and cells, providing a snapshot of the life forms present and, potentially, information on their population size and health. However, in typical seawater samples, more than 98% of the DNA sequences recovered belong to marine microbes. Through this partnership, innovations from the human health industry will be adapted to help enrich these complex marine samples for sequence information specific to marine vertebrates.
The partners will also engage in research and development projects to create high-throughput genome sequences from known marine vertebrates to enable identification of unknown eDNA sequences from seawater. Because only 1% of the roughly 21,000 known species of marine vertebrate genomes have been sequenced, one major objective is to create reference genomes from the wealth of samples already held in museum collections.
As part of this broad research and development partnership, Minderoo Foundation installed a NextSeq™ 2000 Sequencing System, one of Illumina's most advanced high-throughput benchtop DNA sequencers, aboard its research vessel.
Illumina Head of Global Commercial Strategy & General Manager of Asia Pacific and Japan Gretchen Weightman said installing the NextSeq 2000 directly onto Minderoo's research vessel has allowed the partners to demonstrate, for the first time, truly high-throughput sequencing at sea, enabling near real-time production of marine genetic information, from seawater samples to high-quality sequencing data, in a matter of hours.
"Backed by Illumina's leading technologies, researchers will gather crucial data and gain a greater understanding of the significant implications for the way the world's oceans are managed, considering commercial fishing and protection requirements," Weightman said.
ABOUT MINDEROO FOUNDATION
Established by Andrew and Nicola Forrest in 2001, Minderoo Foundation is a modern philanthropic organisation seeking to break down barriers, innovate and drive positive, lasting change. Minderoo Foundation is proudly Australian, with key initiatives spanning from ocean conservation and ending slavery, to collaboration against cancer and building community projects. To learn more, visit minderoo.org and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Vimeo.
ABOUT ILLUMINA
Illumina is improving human health by unlocking the power of the genome. Our focus on innovation has established us as a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, serving customers in the research, clinical, and applied markets. Our products are used for applications in the life sciences, oncology, reproductive health, agriculture, and other emerging segments. To learn more, visit illumina.com and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.
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Uvalde school board to meet August 24 regarding district police chief Pete Arredondo’s termination
By Amir Vera, CNN
The fate of the Uvalde school district’s police chief could be decided next week now that the school board has rescheduled a meeting to consider firing Pete Arredondo for August 24, the district announced Tuesday.
Arredondo was placed on unpaid leave following his highly criticized handling of the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School, in which 19 children and two teachers were killed.
Responding officers from multiple agencies did not enter the classroom to confront the shooter until more than an hour after the shooting began — a move that some law enforcement experts say could have cost lives.
Officials have said Arredondo was the on-scene commander during the shooting, but the chief has disputed this, saying he did not believe he was in charge.
The meeting comes as Uvalde residents are still seeking answers to what many have deemed a failed response to the mass shooting. More than two months later, it remains unclear to what extent any of the agencies involved are investigating individual and systemic mistakes in the response to the most deadly US campus shooting in nearly a decade.
Uvalde Superintendent Hal Harrell recommended Arredondo be fired in the wake of the tragedy and amid growing anger from residents and families who demanded his termination. However, the school board has now twice postponed Arredondo’s termination hearing because of requests from his attorney involving his right to due process.
The school board was originally scheduled to consider terminating Arredondo on July 23. Most recently, the board pushed off the meeting due to a “scheduling conflict” which prevented the hearing from being held on August 4, the district said.
In the meantime, the district has been actively searching for an interim police chief as Arredondo is on unpaid leave pending the termination hearing, Harrell said last week.
“There have been four officers who have been recommended for hire,” Harrell said in an August 8 public meeting. “They are all from out of town and they look like very promising candidates, lots of years of experience. So we will continue on that progress as well.”
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Hernández back with Red Sox after long stint on injured list
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Infielder/outfielder Kiké Hernández returned to the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday after a more than a two-month absence as he was activated from the 15-day injured list.
Hernández had been out with June 8 with a strained right hip flexor. He revealed before Boston´s game with Pittsburgh that he also had an internal hematoma in an abdominal muscle on his right side drained in June.
"I´ve never missed that much time in my career and I kind of felt like I wasn´t part of the team in a way," Hernández said. "There wasn´t anything I could do to help the team, so it was very frustrating. I feel like I lost a full season but I´m glad to be healthy and glad to be back."
Hernández was slated to start at shortstop on Tuesday. Xander Bogaerts was rested after fouling a ball off his right foot during a weekend series with the New York Yankees.
At the time he went on the IL, Hernández was hitting .209 with four home runs in 51 games.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora said he will use Hernández at both middle infield spots as well as center fielder. Hernández was Boston's primary center fielder last season and hit 20 homers when they reached the AL Championship Series before losing to Houston.
The Red Sox began the night five games out of the AL´s third and final wild-card spot. Hernandez is hoping to give Boston a spark down the stretch.
"I´ve been to the postseason seven years in a row, and I want to make it eight," he said.
The Red Sox also activated infielder/outfielder Rob Refsnyder from the 15-day IL. He had been sidelined since July 30 with a strained right knee.
Infielder Yolmer Sanchez was designated for assignment to open spots on the 26-day and 40-man rosters. The Red Sox optioned outfielder Jaylin Davis to Triple-A Worcester on Sunday night to clear another roster spot.
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WFO SPOKANE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, August 19, 2022
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EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Spokane WA
117 PM PDT Tue Aug 16 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO
11 PM PDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Afternoon temperatures will reach the upper 90s to near 105
degrees. Limited overnight relief with low temperatures in the mid
60s to mid 70s.
* WHERE...Quincy, Winchester, Brewster, Waterville, Harrington,
Nespelem, Ephrata, Odessa, Ralston, Othello, Lamona, Mansfield,
Wenatchee, Moses Lake, Coulee City, Wilbur, Bridgeport, Electric
City, Omak, Okanogan, Malott, Cashmere, Entiat, Grand Coulee,
Nighthawk, Creston, Monse, Stratford, Palisades, Oroville, Chelan,
Ritzville, and Coulee Dam.
* WHEN...From Noon Wednesday to 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Excessive heat will significantly increase the potential
for heat related illnesses, particularly for those working or
participating in outdoor activities. Residents without air
conditioners will experience a buildup of heat within their homes.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Temperatures will remain quite hot into the
weekend with mid to upper 90s likely on Saturday and Sunday.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning
or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and
heat stroke.
To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in
shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat
should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an
emergency! Call 9 1 1.
For sheltering information and other human services in your area,
dial 2-1-1 during business hours or visit wa211.org anytime.
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Afternoon temperatures in the upper 90s to as hot as 105,
with overnight lows in the 60s.
* WHERE...Leavenworth, Telma, Dryden, Plain, Winton, and Peshastin.
for heat related illnesses, particularly for those sensitive to
heat. Residents without air conditioners will experience a buildup
of heat within their homes during the afternoon and evening hours.
weekend with 90s likely on Saturday and Sunday.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM PDT
* WHAT...Afternoon temperatures in the mid 90s to around 100, with
overnight lows in the 60s. Temperatures will be cooler in the
higher elevations of northeast Washington.
* WHERE...Colfax, Chewelah, Elk, Worley, Cheney, Hayden, Republic,
Danville, Moscow, Arden, Newman Lake, Clayton, Tekoa, Uniontown,
Oakesdale, Kettle Falls, Rockford, Rosalia, Spokane, Wauconda,
Coeur d'Alene, Molson, La Crosse, Malo, Post Falls, Newport,
Davenport, Potlatch, Plummer, Curlew, Genesee, Orin, Chesaw, Deer
Park, Pullman, Colville, and Inchelium.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
sensitive to heat. Residents without air conditioners will
experience a buildup of heat within their homes during the
afternoon and evening hours.
weekend with low to mid 90s likely on Saturday and Sunday.
* WHAT...Afternoon temperatures in the 90s for the Camas Prairie and
Blue Mountains and 100 to 105 for the Snake River and Clearwater
Valleys including the Lewiston and Clarkston areas. Overnight lows
mainly in the 60s.
* WHERE...Clarkston Heights, Peck, Clarkston, Pomeroy, Winchester,
Mohler, Nezperce, Waha, Craigmont, Gifford, Kamiah, Peola, Lapwai,
Anatone, Culdesac, and Lewiston.
weekend with widespread 90s likely on Saturday and Sunday.
* WHAT...Afternoon temperatures in the mid 90s to around 102, with
overnight lows in the 60s, in the lower elevations.
* WHERE...Holden Village, Lucerne, and Stehekin.
sensitive to heat.
* WHAT...Afternoon temperatures in the upper 90s to as hot as 104,
* WHERE...Loomis, Winthrop, Methow, Carlton, Twisp, Mazama, and
Conconully.
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Former prosecutor, advocate for criminal justice reform, facing rape charges
Posted/updated on: August 16, 2022 at 4:26 pm(NEW YORK) -- Adam Foss, a former prosecutor in Boston whose TED Talk brought him into partnership with singer John Legend on criminal justice reform, raped a woman in a New York City hotel, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said Tuesday.
According to court documents and statements made on the record in court, Foss, 42, met the 25-year-old woman at a Midtown Manhattan hotel after exchanging calls and texts for approximately one month. After the survivor repeatedly said no to Foss’s sexual advances, the two fell asleep, before he allegedly raped the woman as she slept.
Foss pleaded not guilty.
Bragg urged other potential victims of Foss to come forward.
“Our Special Victims Division is survivor-centered and trauma-informed, and we encourage anyone who believes they have been the victim of a sex crime to call our Hotline at 212-335-9373. Our prosecutors, investigators, and service providers are available to help.”
Foss was an assistant district attorney in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The National Law Journal named him among the 40 most up-and-coming lawyers in the US. In 2013, the Massachusetts Bar Association voted Foss prosecutor of the year.
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Motion Picture Academy officials have apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather for abuse she was subjected to when she declined an Academy Award on behalf of Marlon Brando in 1973.
Copyright 2022 NPR
Motion Picture Academy officials have apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather for abuse she was subjected to when she declined an Academy Award on behalf of Marlon Brando in 1973.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with astrophysicist Avi Loeb about his plan to retrieve fragments of a potential interstellar meteor from the ocean floor.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with astrophysicist Avi Loeb about his plan to retrieve fragments of a potential interstellar meteor from the ocean floor.
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(The Hill) – The Education Department on Tuesday announced plans to discharge $3.9 billion in federal student loans for 208,000 borrowers in its latest round of relief.
The office said the discharge would apply to any remaining federal student loans that the borrowers received to attend ITT Technical Institute, which closed in September 2016, from January 2005 and on.
“This includes borrowers who have not yet applied for a borrower defense to repayment discharge. These borrowers will have the federal student loans they received to attend ITT discharged without any additional action on their part,” the agency announced on Tuesday morning.
The move follows previous decisions by the administration to approve loan discharges for borrowers to attend ITT, after the office said the institute was found to have “engaged in widespread and pervasive misrepresentations related to the ability of students to get a job or transfer credits.”
The department also charged the institute with “lying about the programmatic accreditation of ITT’s associate degree in nursing,” citing extensive internal records, testimony from staff and first-hand accounts from borrowers.
“It is time for student borrowers to stop shouldering the burden from ITT’s years of lies and false promises,” said Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement. “The evidence shows that for years, ITT’s leaders intentionally misled students about the quality of their programs in order to profit off federal student loan programs, with no regard for the hardship this would cause.”
“The Biden-Harris Administration will continue to stand up for borrowers who’ve been cheated by their colleges, while working to strengthen oversight and enforcement to protect today’s students from similar deception and abuse,” he added.
Overall, the Biden administration has approved nearly $32 billion in student loan relief for more than 1.6 million borrowers. However, that relief has been greenlighted only for certain borrowers, including those participating in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, borrowers with total and permanent disabilities and those found to have been misled by their institutions.
The Biden administration has fielded pressure from progressives and student loan advocates for broader relief, particularly as a current pause on federal student loan repayments is scheduled to lapse at the end of August.
The White House has indicated that another decision on student loans could come later this month, after reports emerged earlier this year that President Biden was weighing a plan to provide $10,000 in student debt forgiveness for some borrowers.
But officials have kept mum when it comes to publicly sharing details about its plans. | https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/208k-borrowers-will-have-3-9b-in-student-debt-discharged-by-education-dept-heres-why/ | 2022-08-16T22:08:21Z | https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/208k-borrowers-will-have-3-9b-in-student-debt-discharged-by-education-dept-heres-why/ | false |
(NEXSTAR) – A scorching July set a record in the continental U.S. for overnight warmth, and such evenings are projected to be far more commonplace as new models show the emergence of an “extreme heat belt” by 2053.
The so-called belt will include Northern Texas and states bordering the Gulf, stretching north to Illinois, Indiana, and even up to Wisconsin.
In 2023, 8.1 million Americans living in 50 counties will experience temperatures of at least 125 degrees, the highest classification on the National Weather Service’s Heat Index – “Extreme Danger,” according to nonprofit First Street Foundation’s peer-reviewed model.
Three decades later, the same model shows that climate change will cause 1,023 counties – home to 107.6 million people – will see temperatures rise above 125 degrees.
“Increasing temperatures are broadly discussed as averages, but the focus should be on the extension of the extreme tail events expected in a given year,” said Matthew Eby, founder and CEO of First Street Foundation. “We need to be prepared for the inevitable, that a quarter of the country will soon fall inside the Extreme Heat Belt with temperatures exceeding 125°F and the results will be dire.”
The model takes into account a number of factors including land surface temperatures, tree and other canopy cover, the presence of concrete and other impervious surfaces and the proximity to water. Researchers built the model under an established warming scenario in which greenhouse gas emissions reach their peak around 2040 and then begin to decline.
Not all counties in the study are set to change at the same rate. Florida’s Miami-Dade County, for example, will see the most extreme temperature shift in the country, according to the study. The county’s 7 hottest days are currently at 103 degrees, according to the study, a number that will jump to 34 days by 2053. For the rest of the country, the current average temperature of the hottest seven days is expected to occur on 18 days. Plainly said, temperatures that are setting records in states like Texas in 2023 will become more of the norm in 30 years, the study found.
The study found that “dangerous” days with a heat index exceeding 100 degrees occur more often in the southern half of the contiguous U.S., but especially in Florida and Texas. Starr County, Texas, topped all others in 2022 with 109 days above the threshold.
The 20 counties expected to see the most days over 100 degrees annually are located in Texas, California, Arizona and Florida, the report found, with the top four behind Starr County all being in Texas and California.
On Tuesday, President Biden signed into law designed to fight climate change, along with lowering prescription drug costs and a new corporate minimum tax to make businesses pay their share.
Democrats are calling the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes almost $375 billion over 10 years to fight climate change, “the single biggest climate investment in U.S. history, by far.”
Republicans have criticized the bill, accusing Democrats of government overreach.
“It will make the U.S. a global clean energy powerhouse and very likely we will look back on this as the start of a clean energy economic revolution in the same way we look back at the early 1990s as the IT revolution,” Josh Freed, leader of the climate and energy program at centrist Democratic think tank Third Way told The Hill.
Among tax rebates for buying electric vehicles and other incentives for “going green,” Democrats hope the bill will lead to a 40% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. | https://who13.com/news/national-news/study-us-will-have-an-extreme-heat-belt-in-30-years-is-your-state-part-of-it/ | 2022-08-16T22:08:22Z | https://who13.com/news/national-news/study-us-will-have-an-extreme-heat-belt-in-30-years-is-your-state-part-of-it/ | true |
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Officials with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mobile have said they were involved in an arrest that took place at the Mobile cruise terminal Monday.
The Carnival Ecstasy returned Monday from a cruise to Cozumel, Mexico. According to FBI Mobile, the person was arrested for a warrant out of the Eastern District of Arkansas.
It is unknown what the warrant was for. We are working to get more information at this time and will update the story as soon as we do. | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/fbi-involved-in-arrest-at-south-alabama-cruise-terminal/ | 2022-08-16T22:09:59Z | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/fbi-involved-in-arrest-at-south-alabama-cruise-terminal/ | false |
Robert De Niro is attached to play two different mob bosses in the Warner Bros. film “Wise Guys.”
In a report by the “Hollywood Reporter,” the film is a period mobster drama that was intended for theatrical distribution that will be directed by Barry Levinson.
The project reunites De Niro and Levinson, who previously teamed on “Wag the Dog” and “Sleeper.”
“Wise Guys” follows Italian American crime bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, who ran their respective families during the 20th century. In 1957, Genovese tried (and failed) to assassinate Costello, who was ultimately injured and attempted to retire from the mafia. De Niro is expected to portray the two main characters.
De Niro would play both characters, according to sources.
“Wise Guys” is a return to a familiar genre for De Niro, who starred in “Goodfellas,” “The Godfather Part II” and “Casino.”
Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. | https://www.al.com/life/2022/08/robert-de-niro-will-play-two-mob-bosses-in-warner-bros-drama-wise-guys.html | 2022-08-16T22:10:15Z | https://www.al.com/life/2022/08/robert-de-niro-will-play-two-mob-bosses-in-warner-bros-drama-wise-guys.html | false |
A Ukrainian drone blew up an ammunition dump at a Russian airfield near Hvardiiske in occupied Crimea on Tuesday, according to Russian media.
“Puffs of black smoke were visible above the military air base,” Kommersant reported.
The Hvardiiske attack coincided with separate strikes on Russian facilities in Crimea, including a Ukrainian commando raid on a Russian ammo dump near Mayskoye—and came exactly a week after a Ukrainian attack on another Russian airfield on the strategic peninsula, which Russian forces seized in February 2014 in the opening phase of the now eight-year Russia-Ukraine war.
It’s unclear whether any of the warplanes that fly from Hvardiiske—reportedly 12 Su-24 bombers and 12 Su-25 attack planes—suffered any damage. The jets support the Russian navy’s beleaguered Black Sea Fleet, whose headquarters are in Sevastopol in Crimea.
In any event, the steady drumbeat of Ukrainian deep strikes across southern Ukraine has startled Russian commanders and even everyday Russians vacationing on Crimea’s beaches. A record 38,000 cars crossed the new bridge connecting Crimea to Russia on Monday—almost all of them leaving Crimea.
The airfield near Hvardiiske is just north of Simferopol in central Crimea. The front line between Russian-occupied Kherson and the free city of Mykolaiv is 150 miles north of the airfield.
Thus it makes sense that an explosives-laden drone apparently on a one-way mission struck the Hvardiiske base. The airfield is too deep inside Russian lines for Ukraine’s manned warplanes safely to penetrate, and too far away for Ukraine’s ballistic and cruise missiles to reach.
Unless of course the Ukrainians secretly have developed longer-range missiles. It’s worth noting that the Aug. 9 attack on Saki, which destroyed potentially dozens of Su-24 and Su-30 warplanes belonging to the Black Sea Fleet, bore the hallmarks of a ballistic-missile strike. Namely, wide, deep craters. Saki lies 120 miles from the front.
Between their ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, drones, special operations forces and saboteurs, the Ukrainians now can hold at risk Russian targets as far as 150 miles from the line of contact. The Saki raid compelled the Black Sea Fleet to relocate that base’s surviving warplanes. The attack on Hvardiiske could lead to the fleet pulling back its planes even farther.
The farther a warplane’s base is from the fighting, the more fuel the plane must burn reaching its target—and the less time it can spend over the battlefield. The Russian air force possesses just 19 Il-78 tanker planes. They’re too few—and too busy supporting the air force’s strategic bombers—to help shepherd attack jets toward the Ukrainian front.
It’s no secret the Ukrainian armed forces have concentrated their best troops and artillery around Kherson—even accepting some territorial losses in the east in order to do so. In May, those troops crossed the Inhulets River north of Kherson, creating a lodgement that could, in theory, support a wider counteroffensive in the south.
But Ukrainian forces including the 17th Tank Brigade apparently haven’t penetrated very far south of the Inhulets. It’s possible commanders are waiting for Ukrainian deep strikes to cut off and starve the Russian 49th Combined Arms Army in and around Kherson.
On paper, the 49th CAA with its two-dozen battalions is a powerful force. But the 49th CAA with no air support and no resupply might quickly crumble in the face of a determined attack.
Hence the escalating Ukrainian deep strikes on ammunition dumps, bridges, railways and airfields across southern Ukraine. Planners in Kyiv are shaping the southern battlefield. It remains to be seen whether and when the army brigades on the ground might take advantage of that shaping—and what their odds are when they collide with the 49th CAA.
If Ukraine’s southern campaign fails, it won’t be the fault of the gunners, rocket crews, drone-operators, commandos and partisans who heroically are blowing up Russia’s bases in the region. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/08/16/the-ukrainians-have-struck-another-russian-airfield-in-crimea/ | 2022-08-16T22:11:35Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/08/16/the-ukrainians-have-struck-another-russian-airfield-in-crimea/ | false |
U.S. spares Western states from Colorado River water cuts - for now
By Daniel Trotta and Caitlin Ochs
Aug 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. government spared seven Western states from mandatory Colorado River water cutbacks for now but warned on Tuesday that drastic conservation was needed to protect dwindling reservoirs from overuse and severe drought exacerbated by climate change.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in June had given the states 60 days, until mid-August, to negotiate their own reductions or possibly face mandatory cutbacks enforced by the federal government. Federal officials asked for a reduced usage of 2 million to 4 million acre-feet of water per year, an unprecedented reduction of 15% to 30% in the coming year.
But bureau and Department of Interior officials told a news conference they would give the states more time to reach a deal affecting the water supply of 40 million people.
Deputy Interior Secretary Tommy Beaudreau said federal officials were encouraged by talks among the seven Colorado River states: Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.
"That said, we stand firm in the need to protect the system," Beaudreau said, adding that new federal money for water management would help.
Even so, federal officials said more cuts were needed.
A 24-month forecast released on Tuesday showed falling levels of the two largest reservoirs on the river, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, will trigger previously negotiated cuts.
For example, Arizona and Nevada, in addition to the country of Mexico, which also receives a Colorado River allotment, will have supplies reduced for a second straight year: 21% for Arizona, 8% for Nevada and 7% for Mexico. They are the first to be subject to cutbacks under the Colorado River compact.
The prospect for additional cuts is creating tension between the states.
"It is unacceptable for Arizona to continue to carry a disproportionate burden of reductions for the benefit of others who have not contributed," Ted Cooke, general manager of the Central Arizona Project, said in a statement.
The 23-year megadrought, the worst on record in at least 1,200 years, is testing the strength of the 100-year-old Colorado River compact.
"We need a collective vision for the basin, not competing management," said Daryl Vigil, co-founder of Water Tribes Initiative, which coordinates communication between the basin's 30 sovereign tribes who hold some of the most senior water rights on the river. "We have such an opportunity to do something different ... but how can we provide support to do the right thing when there is no formal place for tribal leaders to engage in negotiations?"
Lake Mead and Lake Powell are barely above one-quarter of their capacity. If they fall much lower, they will be unable to generate hydroelectric power for millions in the West, and also will not allow water to flow downstream.
"As we have emphasized since taking office, the circumstances we face will require swift action and increased water conservation in every state, from every sector," said Tanya Trujillo, the Interior Department's assistant secretary for water and science.
The Colorado River compact assumes the river would have roughly 20 million acre-feet of water each year. The river's actual flow the past two decades has averaged 12.5 million acre-feet, leaving state water managers with more rights on paper than water that exists in the river.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta and Caitlin Ochs; Editing by Donna Bryson and Josie Kao)
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Bratwurst with Beer and Mustard
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A cold beer, a lounge chair by the pool and/or a great football game are the only accompaniments necessary to this dish. Try it out for your next grilling, tailgating or even a pool party! I guarantee it will be a hit or a “touchdown!”
Prep Time: 1 Hour
Yields: 8 Servings
Ingredients:
8 links original bratwurst
3 (16-ounce) bottles beer
whole grain mustard to taste
2 large onions, peeled and thinly sliced
½ cup thinly sliced red bell peppers
½ cup thinly sliced green bell peppers
½ cup thinly sliced yellow bell peppers
¼ cup minced garlic
Salt and black pepper to taste
Granulated garlic to taste
8 toasted hot dog buns
Method:
Prepare grill for medium-high heat according to manufacturer’s directions. In a large saucepan, combine bratwurst, beer, onions, bell peppers and minced garlic over high heat. Add just enough water to cover sausages if necessary. Bring to a rolling boil then reduce to simmer and cook 15–20 minutes. Remove sausages from pot and place on grill. Cook 5 minutes, browning evenly on all sides. Set aside and keep warm. Continue simmering sauce until reduced by half then season to taste with salt, pepper and granulated garlic. Serve grilled brats on toasted hot dog buns and top with onions, bell peppers and mustard.
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With three-year revenue growth of ~300%, the bootstrapped start-up continues to prove that there is demand for innovation in the $51.6B global oral-care market.
SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cocofloss, maker of eco-conscious, effective, and fun oral care, today announced its inclusion on the annual Inc. 5000 list, placing it in the top .07% of privately-owned companies in the U.S. in terms of multi-year growth. The list's previous honorees include some of today's most recognizable brands, such as Facebook, Patagonia, Chobani, Under Armour, and Microsoft.
The oral-care disruptor came in at an impressive #140 in consumer products, #292 in California (one of the most competitive states for start-ups), and #1,868 in the U.S. overall.
For decades, the nation's $9.9 billion oral-care market has been a sleeping giant. Cocofloss is ready to wake it up. Founded in 2015 by Dr. Chrystle Cu, a preventative dentist, and her sister, Catherine Cu, a financial analyst, the company has more than tripled its business in the last three years. It is on target for similar YoY growth in 2022.
In an industry long ruled by legacy brands, dentist recommendations are key to converting new customers. Over the last three years, the number of dental customers on Cocofloss's pro-only site has grown by 172%. More and more dentists and hygienists are switching to Cocofloss because its textured weave actually removes plaque that "gliding" floss leaves behind. The Cocobrush, its super-soft toothbrush, boasts bristles that are 40% finer and are 16x better at removing plaque between teeth than an average toothbrush.
"When we launched our coconut oil–infused, delightfully fragrant dental floss seven years ago, no one was talking about oral care as self-care. Floss was strictly a commodity," said co-founder and CEO Catherine Cu. "We proved that customers are willing to pay more for floss that is more effective and makes them feel good. Today, beautifully designed oral-care is a booming category under the wider umbrella of self-care."
The co-founders soon realized that sustainability was the next big challenge in a sector dominated by single-use virgin plastics. In 2019, it began offering refill spools. In 2021, Cocofloss switched to a thread woven with ~85% recycled polyester, sourced from post-consumer PET water bottles. Last year, it also launched the Cocobrush, its toothbrush made with recycled ocean-bound plastic.
"We've demonstrated that you can invest in more sustainable materials — even when they cost more — without negatively impacting growth," said Cat. "Our commitment to putting the health of people and the planet first has only increased our loyal customer base. It's also helped us gain more GenZ consumers, who are now beginning to purchase oral-care products for themselves."
On 9/9, Cocofloss will expand into tooth care for tots with the launch of the Kids Refillable Cocoflosser, an environmentally friendly alternative to flimsy, disposable flossers. And in October, it will release CocoPlush Threaders, a fluffy floss made of 100% recycled polyester, designed for flossing around braces, bridges, and implants.
"We started off making floss both effective and fun. Today we're designing products to revolutionize your entire oral-care routine," said Dr. Chrystle Cu, co-founder and head of R&D.
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About Cocofloss
Cocofloss was founded in 2015 by two remarkable sisters: Dr. Chrystle Cu, a preventative dentist, and Catherine Cu, a former financial analyst. They joined forces at Cocofloss to fight gum disease and cavities by making the world's most effective and delightful oral care.
Inc. 5000 Methodology
Produced every year since 1982, the Inc. 5000 list analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the U.S. Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
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CENTRAL PARK, Manhattan (WABC) -- It is summer in the city and it's time for the Central Park's annual free outdoor film festival, which kicks off Tuesday night.
The 19th Annual Central Park Conservancy Film Festival, presented by National Geographic, will be held at Frisbee Hill near Sheep Meadow off of 72nd Street.
This year's festival will feature an array of documentary films, starting with the premiere screening of 'The Territory' on Tuesday.
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Other screenings will include 'America's National Parks' on Wednesday, 'Fire of Love' on Thursday and 'Jane' on Friday night.
Pre-film entertainment will include a sneak-peek episode of 'Edge of the Unknown' with Jimmy Chin.
Eyewitness News' David Novarro and Dani Beckstrom will take turns kicking off the festival each night.
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Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officially declared the Lower Colorado River Basin has hit a "Tier 2" shortage, triggering new cuts in water usage for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico.
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Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officially declared the Lower Colorado River Basin has hit a "Tier 2" shortage, triggering new cuts in water usage for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The special board appointed by President Joe Biden to intervene in stalled railroad contract talks submitted its recommendations to the White House Tuesday on a potential deal covering 115,000 rail workers and avert a strike, but details of their recommendations weren't immediately available.
Railroads and unions will use those recommendations as the basis for a new round of negotiations over the next month. If they still can't agree on a new deal by mid September, federal law would allow a strike or lockout, but Congress is likely to intervene before then to keep the supply chain moving.
A railroad strike could devastate businesses that rely on Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, CSX and other major freight railroads to deliver raw materials and ship their products. That's why Congress isn't likely to allow a strike to happen. In past national rail labor disputes, lawmakers have voted to impose terms on the railroads before workers could strike.
A White House official said Biden is optimistic the report will provide a good framework for successful negotiations because avoiding a rail shutdown is in the nation's interests.
The report was distributed to the parties Tuesday, but the railroads and the unions didn’t immediately comment on any details. It wasn’t immediately clear how quickly the National Mediation Board would post the report online.
The railroads entered the Presidential Emergency Board process a month ago far apart from the 12 unions taking part. The unions have been seeking a 31% raise over the five years of the deal while the railroads were offering only 17% in compounded raises. The unions also don't want to see the cost of their health care coverage go up much in a new contract.
Railroad workers have gone without a raise since 2019 while the contract talks drug on. The workers expect to be compensated after staying on the job throughout the pandemic and enduring extensive job cuts in recent years. And strikes have become more common over the last two years in a variety of industries because unions generally feel empowered to ask for more.
The major freight railroads have eliminated nearly one-third of their jobs over the past six years as they overhauled their operations to run fewer, longer trains that need fewer locomotives and employees. Unions say the railroads expect more from the workers who remain, and that some railroads' tightened attendance policies make it harder to take time off because of all the job cuts.
In addition to disagreements over wages and benefits, unions have staunchly opposed a proposal from the railroads to cut the number of workers in a locomotive from two to one. A new proposed federal rule that would require two-man crews in most instances should make it harder for railroads to reduce crew sizes, but the railroads have been pressing for the change for several years. The unions argue that keeping two people on the crews isn't just about preserving jobs, but also safety.
Reaching a new agreement would likely make it easier for railroads to hire new employees, which they acknowledge they need to do to improve service and cut down on the delays that have plagued freight shipments this year. The major freight railroads have all said they want to hire hundreds more workers, but worker shortages are making that difficult. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/White-House-receives-plan-on-ending-railway-17377970.php | 2022-08-16T22:17:23Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/White-House-receives-plan-on-ending-railway-17377970.php | true |
WWI practice bombs found at construction site, sheriff says
WACO, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) - A construction crew in Texas has recently found a couple of rare items while working on a new baseball field.
KWTX reports construction workers recovered two bombs earlier this month from the Lake Air Little League fields construction site.
According to the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office, its bomb squad was called to the site on Aug. 9 and Aug. 12 to check the devices.
Authorities said they determined the devices were not live but likely practice bombs from a former military installation that was on the same site during the first World War.
“This is the original site of the Rich Field Army Air Base built in 1917 after the United States got involved in World War I,” McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara said.
Officials said Rich Field was used for two years, along with neighboring Camp MacArthur. About 80,000 troops trained at the locations from 1917 to 1919.
“This is pretty close to home for me. My great uncle Joe McNamara was a captain here at Camp MacArthur during World War I,” McNamara said.
The sheriff’s office reported the practice bombs were checked and found to be made of steel but did not contain any explosives.
According to McNamara, he’s waiting to hear what else crews might find at the construction sites as several construction projects are currently happening in the area.
“There’s a lot of construction going on and no telling what we’re going to find next,” McNamara said.
The sheriff said he has warned workers not to touch any items if they appeared suspicious.
“If we find more, we’re going to respond and make sure, if they are explosive, we will destroy them,” McNamara said.
According to the sheriff’s office, if the items are not explosive, they could be kept and not destroyed.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- At least four different kinds of anti-semitic fliers were found in a Raleigh neighborhood with a significant Jewish population.
According to Rabbi Eric Solomon of Beth Meyer Synagogue, hateful speech can escalate to violence, something the Jewish community has witnessed many times throughout history.
"It's extremely upsetting, it's chilling," Solomon said. "Sadly, our community knows in history, we don't (have to) look that far back, that it's what starts with words and starts with literature -- if not protested and not spoken up against -- can lead to even more things, sadly including violence."
Acts of hate, antisemitism and terrorism in the United States in 2021 increased by about 5% from 2020, according to the Anti-Defamation League. In North Carolina so far in 2022, the ADL has reported 61 such incidents from January to March, which remains the most recent data.
Solomon said he first found out about the fliers when a neighbor and fellow member of the Jewish community approached him about them. Solomon said he discussed the fliers with other members of the community and on the neighborhood social network Nextdoor, then reported the incident to the Raleigh Police Department.
"It's been a real conversation in the neighborhood of people very upset and a little scared," Solomon said. "It's very troubling, especially for children."
Solomon said hate and antisemitism must be opposed and added that they have no place in the community.
"We have to stand up and speak about it," said Solomon. "We can't ignore it. We have to let those who perpetrated this know that we won't tolerate it. Not in our city, not in our town, not in our neighborhoods. "
Highlighting the importance of reporting any other similar fliers to the police department, Solomon also expressed the need to speak out against all forms of hate against any group.
"This is important that everyone realizes that when they see hatred or hate speech go forward, it can't be unchallenged in any way," Solomon said. "We must speak up for love."
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 16, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
253 PM PDT Tue Aug 16 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR RIVERSIDE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES...
At 253 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are possible
in the warned area.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Yucaipa, southeastern Mount San Gorgonio, Beaumont, Banning,
Calimesa, Morongo Indian Reservation and Cherry Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This is a life threatening situation. Heavy rainfall may cause
extensive and severe flash flooding of creeks, streams, and ditches
in the El Dorado and Apple Burn Scars. Severe debris flows can also
be anticipated across roads. Roads and driveways may be washed away
in places. If you encounter flood waters, climb to safety.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lotus Bio-Technology Development Corp. (OTC:LBTD) is excited to announce today that the company has begun the process of changing its name from Lotus Bio-Technology Development Corp. to Boomerang Corporation.
Regarding the name change, CEO Hoyt Christopher said, "This new name more closely reflects the approachable, personalized nature of our current and future business model which aims to empower users by making healthcare easily accessible, customizable, and controllable."
Boomerang employs a similar business model to EverlyWell (currently valued at $2.9 Billion) and Hims & Hers, Inc. (currently valued at $1.2 Billion). Boomerang delivers test kits directly to users that include self-collection sample devices. The user then ships their sample back to one of Boomerang's labs via a return-label for testing and receives their results digitally as well as a custom wellness plan based on the results. Boomerang currently offers testing supporting Men's Health, Women's Health, Sexual Health and COVID-19.
About Boomerang:
Boomerang saw an opportunity to reinvent healthcare by moving diagnostic tests into the comfort of home and providing users with an empowered path forward based on their results. Through state of the art at-home diagnostic testing, customizable wellness plans, and strategic partnerships, Boomerang is uniquely positioned to become a leader within the fast-growing billion-dollar digital health market.
More information about the company can be found at: boomerangkit.com
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A Mandan man is charged with three felonies after the car he was driving allegedly rear-ended another on the Bismarck Expressway Bridge and injured the driver.
Joshua Cooper, 31, faces felony charges of criminal vehicular injury, reckless endangerment and leaving the scene of an accident involving injury, court records show. He’s also charged with misdemeanor aggravated reckless driving.
Witnesses told the North Dakota Highway Patrol that Cooper passed them at an estimated 80 mph as they were westbound on the bridge about 9 p.m. Saturday. The Audi was weaving through traffic in the 55 mph zone when it crashed into the left rear end of another vehicle, the Patrol said. That car rolled and the driver was thrown from it. He was transported to a Bismarck hospital for treatment of serious injuries, authorities said.
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The health coaching platform earned a spot on the 2022 list of fastest growing private companies
CRANFORD, N.J., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avidon Health, a digital coaching technology that helps disrupt unhealthy habits, today announced it ranked 956 on the annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses.
"Our team is committed to helping create personalized experiences that create healthy habits," said Clark Lagemann, CEO at Avidon Health. "We are honored to receive this recognition which is a testament to our passion for making a measurable impact at scale. Avidon Health's growth symbolizes the need organizations have to influence healthy actions and we will remain committed to helping diverse populations make positive life changes."
The company has continued to innovate to help organizations meet the wellness needs of their employees and members, and recently expanded well-being courses focused on stress management and substance use. The new content was designed to meet the increased mental health support among remote and hybrid organizations.
"Organizations and coaching teams need to address the health and well-being of their members like never before," added Lagemann. "Health coaching solutions, like Engagement Rx, can help create the kind of lasting changes that people need. More than one million people have benefited from the programs that Avidon Health provides."
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, public health challenges and the ongoing impact of Covid-19.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
To learn more about Avidon Health and Engagement Rx visit avidonhealth.com. Complete results of the Inc. 5000 can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
Avidon Health is a team of behavioral health experts that provides innovative coaching solutions to disrupt unhealthy behaviors. Avidon's proprietary digital health platform, Engagement Rx™, is an all-in-one coaching technology that automates personalized experiences to create a measurable impact at scale. Launched in 2020 following MedPro Wellness' acquisition of SelfHelpWorks, Avidon Health combines digital coaching with cognitive behavioral therapy principles to produce lasting change for participants. Learn more at avidonhealth.com.
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloqcube® Inc., the Piscataway based eClinical software company was mentioned in four Gartner Hype Cycle reports in July 2022:
- Hype Cycle for Life Science Discovery Research (July 26)
- Hype Cycle for Life Science Clinical Development (July 26)
- Hype Cycle for Life Science Manufacturing, Quality and Supply Chain (July 26)
- Hype Cycle for Life Science Commercial Operations (July 22)
As Gartner reported, "The number of active blockchain projects within the life science industry grew in 2021… Some clients are exploring concepts where blockchain would streamline clinical trials, handle payments to drug distributors, and conduct health record and exchange transactions, among other things." [1]
Bloqcube® is listed as a Sample Vendor in all four reports. In response, Rama Krishna Rao, CEO and Founder of Bloqcube® commented: "We welcome these mentions of our company by Gartner for the fourth consecutive year in the Clinical Development and Commercial Operation reports. Bloqcube® is a pioneer in the domain of Clinical Trial Management Systems which leverages an innovative blockchain platform. We bring capabilities to pursue decentralized trial strategies addressing diversity and access issues confronting healthcare globally. Such innovations will benefit patients worldwide by enhancing efficiencies in clinical trial operations."
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LA Galaxy Defender Julián Araujo Signs Multi-Year Sports Nutrition and Performance Sponsorship with Herbalife Nutrition
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Herbalife Nutrition and the LA Galaxy have agreed to a multi-year renewal of their partnership, which began in 2005 as the club's official nutrition partner. Herbalife Nutrition will continue as the official presenting and jersey sponsor of the club – a designation that began in 2007 and is the longest-running in Major League Soccer (MLS) history.
Beginning with the 2023 MLS season, Herbalife Nutrition will continue as the LA Galaxy's exclusive nutrition partner, the club's exclusive health and wellness partner, and the official nutrition lifestyle partner. Additionally, Proactive Fueled by Herbalife Nutrition, an elite state-of-the-art performance facility, located in Westlake Village, CA, will be available to the team for preseason training and sports performance testing at the facility. As part of the sponsorship, the Los Angeles Galaxy Foundation and the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation are also committing $1.25 million to support charitable efforts to benefit vulnerable and underserved children around the world, which to date has resulted in $2.5 million to global communities in need.
"We are excited to extend our 17-year partnership with the LA Galaxy and expand it to include new areas of collaboration that will benefit our independent distributors, LA Galaxy players, fans and communities worldwide" said Frank Lamberti, regional president of the Americas for Herbalife Nutrition. "We are also proud to announce that we signed a deal to be the exclusive nutrition partner for LA Galaxy's defender Julián Araujo."
Furthering the company's commitment to nourishing the potential of athletes, Herbalife Nutrition also signed an exclusive multi-year sponsorship deal with Galaxy defender Julián Araujo, who will utilize the Herbalife24® line of sports performance products, which are *NSF Certified for Sport®, to nourish his performance, on and off-the-field. Julian's sponsorship includes sports nutrition education appearances in the United States and sports nutrition education through the company's social platforms.
"We are thrilled to extend our partnership with Herbalife Nutrition on and off the field and are excited that Julian will join us as we continue to work to improve the communities not only in hour hometown, but worldwide," said LA Galaxy President, Chris Klein.
As part of the Joint Community Partnership program between the LA Galaxy Foundation and Herbalife Nutrition Foundation, which aims to improve the lives of children living in the underserved communities, Araujo will bring a new mini-pitch, a scaled-down soccer field, to a park in Los Angeles, Calif.
"Through this partnership, I'm able to share my passion with my community by giving kids access to a safe place to play soccer while also encouraging them to be fit and active," Araujo said.
A native of Lompoc, Calif., Araujo has tallied six assists in 23 games played (21 starts) during the LA Galaxy's 2022 MLS campaign. In four seasons with LA since signing from the club's Academy in 2019, Araujo has registered one goal and 17 assists in 90 regular-season appearances (80 starts) for the Galaxy. At the international level, Araujo has made three appearances (2 starts) for the Mexican National Team since making his debut on Dec. 8, 2021. Araujo attended Lompoc High School, leading his team to the CIF Southern Section Division 4 playoffs during the 2016/17 season. Araujo received the Mayor's Community Athlete of the Year Award from the LA Sports Council at the 17th Annual LA Sports Awards for his outstanding work in the community in March 2022 and was also named the 2021 LA Galaxy Humanitarian of the Year last season.
Herbalife Nutrition is a global nutrition company that has been changing people's lives with great nutrition products and a business opportunity for its independent distributors since 1980. The Company offers science-backed products to consumers in 95 markets by entrepreneurial distributors who provide one-on-one coaching and a supportive community that inspires their customers to embrace a healthier, more active lifestyle. Through the Company's commitment to nourish people, communities and our planet, Herbalife Nutrition pledges to achieve 50 million positive impacts – tangible acts of good – by 2030, its 50th anniversary. For more information, please visit IAmHerbalifeNutrition.com and follow on Twitter @Herbalife.
The LA Galaxy are Major League Soccer's most successful club. Based in Carson, Calif. at Dignity Health Sports Park, the Galaxy have won the MLS Cup a record five times (2002, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014), the MLS Supporters' Shield four times (1998, 2002, 2010, 2011) and the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup twice (2001, 2005), and one Concacaf Champions Cup (2000) since their inception in 1996. Led by LA Galaxy Head Coach Greg Vanney and President Chris Klein, the Galaxy are the premier club in MLS, with stars like Landon Donovan, David Beckham, Robbie Keane, Steven Gerrard, Giovani dos Santos, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Javier Hernandez and Cobi Jones representing LA over the team's 27 years in MLS. For more information on the LA Galaxy, visit www.lagalaxy.com.
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Dunbar looking to three-peat as district champs
The Bulldogs return seven starters on offense
Published: Aug. 16, 2022 at 5:28 PM EDT|Updated: 57 minutes ago
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - There’s no shortage of confidence at Dunbar High school. And for good reason. The Bulldogs have won the district title in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the mid 90′s, and they’re looking to three-peat for the first time in program history.
Wes Johnson arrived at Dunbar in 2018, turning a dormant program into a team that played in the state semis just two years ago.
The Bulldogs return seven starters on offense, but some will play at different positions. Ethan Teal is QB1, with last year’s quarterback Cole Colony moving to running back.
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DAVIS, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.® (Nasdaq: RKDA), a producer and marketer of innovative, plant-based health and wellness products, today announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering of 4,722,506 shares of its common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) at a purchase price of $1.05876 per share, priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. Additionally, in a concurrent private placement, Arcadia issued to the investors unregistered preferred investment options to purchase up to 4,722,506 shares of common stock. Each preferred investment option has an exercise price of $0.93376 per share, is exercisable immediately upon issuance and will expire five years from the issuance date.
The net proceeds of the offering are estimated to be approximately $4.57 million after deducting placement agent fees and other estimated offering expenses. Arcadia intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to support Project Greenfield, its three-year plan to unlock the company's potential and create a path to profitability. Project Greenfield aligns company resources around several key goals, including expanding retail for the company's GoodWheatTM high-fiber pasta, driving growth in its other core brands and partnerships and maintaining an agile organization to cultivate next-generation wellness products.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.
The shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants, excluding the preferred investment options and the shares of common stock underlying the preferred investment options, were offered by Arcadia pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-264425) previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 21, 2022, and declared effective by the SEC on May 12, 2022. Such shares of common stock were offered only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the registered direct offering were filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained from H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, 430 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022, by email at placements@hcwco.com or by phone at (646) 975-6996.
The unregistered investment options described above were offered in a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Act) and Regulation D promulgated thereunder and, along with the shares of common stock underlying the investment options, have not been registered under the Act or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the investment options and the shares of common stock underlying the investment options may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the SEC or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. Arcadia has agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC covering the resale of the unregistered shares issuable upon exercise of the investment options.
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About Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.
Since 2002, Arcadia Biosciences (Nasdaq: RKDA) has been innovating crops to provide high-value, healthy ingredients to meet consumer demands for healthier choices. With its roots in agricultural innovation, Arcadia cultivates next-generation wellness products that make every body feel good, inside and out. The company's food, beverage and body care products include GoodWheat™, Zola® coconut water, ProVault™ topical pain relief and SoulSpring™ bath and body care. For more information, visit www.arcadiabio.com.
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Now the over-65s are flocking back to work with a record 173,000 returning to jobs as inflation hits pensions
- A record 173,000 more entered employment in the three months to June
- It was despite wage growth failing to keep pace with the surge in cost of living
- Rising energy bills and food prices eroding the value of consumers’ pay packets
People aged 65 and over are flocking back to work as the promise of higher wages offers a chance to cushion the impact of inflation.
A record 173,000 more entered employment in the three months to June, according to official figures published yesterday, even as the rest of the workforce shrank by 14,000.
That was despite wage growth at 4.7 per cent failing to keep pace with the surge in the cost of living.
After taking account of inflation, pay fell by 4.1 per cent in real terms – the biggest decline in records going back to 2001.
Maurice Taylor, 78, has had two jobs since re-entering the workforce. A record 173,000 more entered employment in the three months to June, according to official figures published yesterday, even as the rest of the workforce shrank by 14,000
But the nominal increase is better than nothing at a time when 65-year-olds, following changes in recent years, are still a year away from being entitled to draw state pensions. Those pensions rose by only 3.1 per cent in the spring. But inflation hit a four-decade high of 9.4 per cent in June and figures today are expected to show its grip tightening as it climbs close to 10 per cent.
The Bank of England expects inflation to top 13 per cent in October.
Rising energy bills – forecast to climb above £4,000 a year next year – as well as ballooning supermarket prices, which are adding more than £500 a year to household spending, are eroding the value of consumers’ pay packets.
The labour market figures, from the Office for National Statistics, showed unemployment holding steady at 3.8 per cent, close to five-decade lows, even as fears of recession loom.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it showed that ‘the jobs market remains robust’. Yet the rise of around 160,000 in the overall number in employment was smaller than expected by economists.
Maurice Taylor, 78, has had two jobs since re-entering the workforce. After retiring ten years ago from his job in sales, he took up a role at a call centre for taxi and courier firm Addison Lee earlier this year
Meanwhile job vacancies, still close to a record high, slipped to 1.274million in July. Liz Truss, the Tory leadership frontrunner, said: ‘What’s very important is we get our economy going. We are unleashing investment right across the United Kingdom.’
Shazia Ejaz, director of campaigns at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, said the figures reversed the trend of older people leaving the workforce during the pandemic.
‘The cost of living crisis will be forcing some people to rethink that decision,’ she said.
‘Labour shortages in many sectors are also forcing employers to rethink their hiring strategies. Many businesses are focusing their efforts on recruiting older workers, offering more flexibility to try and attract them.’ Jonathan Boys, labour market economist for the CIPD, the professional body for HR specialists, said the reasons for the ‘post-pandemic boost to 65+ employment’ were not clear.
He said his favourite element has been ‘the wonderful camaraderie of being around people’. An Adison Lee van is pictured above
‘It could be the cost of living crisis pushing people back into work,’ he said. ‘Another explanation is that employers are working harder to attract these workers. With labour in short supply, businesses are offering more and are keen to attract experienced talent.’
Baroness Altmann, the former pensions minister, said the increase in the state pension age over recent years from 65 to 66 was a key factor.
She said: ‘Now that the pandemic is hopefully behind us and the employment market is settling down, and, of course, there is such a shortage of labour, hopefully employers are making it easier for older people to stay in work and even encouraging them to do so. Because, unless they are not well, that is the best thing for everybody.
‘People are working and earning more money, maybe building up more pension savings, and the economy will be stronger because of more people staying at work rather than sitting at home.’
But it could also be that more people aged 65 were being ‘plunged into poverty’ as they waited to qualify for their state retirement benefits, she added.
‘That particular age group, specifically aged 65, are really struggling,’ said Baroness Altmann.
‘There will be some people who have got private pensions who can decide to retire if they feel like it.
‘There will be others who maybe don’t have access to an extra pension and have been in such poor health they can’t keep working.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — As the U.S. government expands incentives for renewable energy, a decision by the Missouri Supreme Court is moving the state in the opposite direction by halting a solar energy tax break that has been on the books for nearly a decade.
Legislation signed Tuesday by President Joe Biden pumps about $375 billion over a decade into initiatives intended to combat climate change. Those include expanded tax breaks for the production of clean energy, such as wind and solar power, and for consumers to install solar panels on their property.
Democrats passed the legislation through a divided Congress last week, around the same time that Missouri's highest court struck down a 2013 state law granting a property tax exemption for certain solar energy systems. The court said the tax break wasn't allowed under the state constitution.
The case involved a privately run solar farm supplying energy for City Utilities of Springfield, which serves Missouri's third largest city. As a result of the ruling, the company owning the solar energy farm will owe at least $423,360 in property taxes from 2017 to 2020, said Greene County Collector Allen Icet.
It's not clear how many other solar energy sites across Missouri could be affected by the ruling, or exactly how much tax revenue is at stake.
But the ruling could have a chilling effect on solar energy development in Missouri, just as the federal government is trying to encourage it.
“This obviously would put a big kink and cost in the way of someone trying to lay out a large panel system, if you’ve got to pay taxes on the material generating this renewable, free energy,” said Jon Dolan, executive director of the Missouri Solar Energy Industries Association.
Federal and state governments have long offered some sort of incentives for solar energy. A federal income tax credit for people who install solar panels on their property, or make other energy efficient improvements, has been renewed multiple times since 2005. The legislation signed by Biden extends the tax credit through 2034.
The new federal law also includes billions of dollars for tax credits to spur investment in clean-energy manufacturing facilities and to offset the production costs of such things as solar panels, wind turbines and batteries.
Beginning in the early 2000s, many states also financed rebates for residents to make energy efficient improvements. While some of those program have been phased out, states have continued to offer other incentives for renewable energy.
Missouri was one of 38 states, and the District of Columbia, offering some sort of property tax break for solar energy systems, according to a database kept by the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center at North Carolina State University. Some states offer full tax exemptions while others provide relief only for a limited time or only for residential solar systems. Some states have given local officials the authority to waive property taxes for solar energy systems.
The Missouri court ruling “is an outlier” nationally, said Brian Lips, senior project manager for policy at the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center.
“Many of these incentives are basically on autopilot at this point," Lips said. "So it’s interesting for a state to question something, especially something that has been in place for so long.”
Missouri won't be devoid solar energy incentives. A new state law taking effect Aug. 28 will offer a sales tax exemption to companies that purchase components to construct solar energy systems. That law also creates a task force to study solar energy policies, focused particularly on those who distribute energy from their own solar panels to the electric grid.
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IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lotus Bio-Technology Development Corp. (OTC: LBTD) announced today that Zoltan Nagy has resigned as a board member of the Board of Directors effective August 3rd, 2022.
Additionally, Zoltan Nagy has surrendered to Treasury his legal right, title, and interest in the 150,000,000 Common Shares that he owned.
The company looks forward to announcing additional board members in the near future.
Boomerang employs a similar business model to EverlyWell (currently valued at $2.9 Billion) and Hims & Hers, Inc. (currently valued at $1.2 Billion). Boomerang delivers test kits directly to users that include self-collection sample devices. The user then ships their sample back to one of Boomerang's labs via a return-label for testing and receives their results digitally as well as a custom wellness plan based on the results. Boomerang currently offers testing supporting Men's Health, Women's Health, Sexual Health and COVID-19.
Boomerang is hyper-focused on enhancing the life of its users by rewarding them with unique access to products and experiences for taking control of their physical and mental health. Through state of the art at-home diagnostic testing, customizable wellness plans, and strategic partnerships, Boomerang provides unparalleled access to healthcare and improves quality of life for its users.
More information about the company can be found at: boomerangkit.com
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WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 16, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
502 PM EDT Tue Aug 16 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Steuben
County through 515 PM EDT...
At 502 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
South Dansville, or 8 miles south of Dansville, moving west at 10
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Wayland, Arkport, Haskinville, South Dansville, Perkinsville and
Stony Brook State Park.
This includes the following highway exits...
Interstate 86/Route 17 between 34 North and 34 South.
Interstate 390 near 3.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4253 7772 4254 7766 4258 7766 4256 7755
4236 7755 4235 7774
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 087DEG 10KT 4245 7766
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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HOUSTON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- University of St. Thomas-Houston celebrates its official membership in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) DIII effective Sept. 1, 2022.
It is Official!
UST President Dr. Richard Ludwick and Athletic Director Todd Smith announced the news to the UST community at its fall 2022 semester Opening Day festivities to thunderous cheers.
"The successful renewed emphasis on growing UST's athletics has energized our community," President Ludwick said. "Our striking emergence within the NCAA is a significant indicator of the more remarkable things that UST is set to accomplish."
"We are excited to receive word from the NCAA graduating us to official DIII membership," Smith said. "It has been a very long, educational and fun process. We have launched talented new teams, welcomed many more student athletes, and grown as a department to prepare for this next step in our trajectory.
"This year, we have more than 300 student athletes at UST, and we are excited to be eligible for postseason competition at last," Smith said. "A special thanks to Dr. Ludwick, our University Board, our very committed and patient student athletes and everyone who helped throughout the process!"
From NAIA to NCAA DIII
From 2006-2018, UST Athletics competed in NAIA and the Red River Athletic Conference. In 2018, an invitation was extended for UST to begin an exploratory year of transition to NCAA DIII followed by three provisional membership years before full membership in 2022. During this time, St. Thomas competed in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) with Trinity, Colorado College, Southwestern, Texas Lutheran, Schreiner, University of Dallas, Centenary and Austin College.
Women's volleyball is the first sport to play under the NCAA official membership status on Sept. 1 against East Texas Baptist University. Women's Volleyball athlete, Alyssa Ajlouny, was also happy with the transition into the NCAA.
"It has been amazing to watch the growth of this program over the last five years," she said. "From NAIA in my freshman year to NCAA in my fifth and final season; my teammates and I are eager to work hard and win."
With full membership in NCAA DIII, UST teams are eligible to compete postseason, unlike the past four years, when they won a conference championship but could not move on to national tournaments.
UST alumnus and Men's Head Basketball Coach Anthony Medina '12, MBA '21, led basketball teams to four Men's Basketball SCAC Conference Championships in three years: 2020, 2021 and 2022, He was also named 2020 SCAC Coach of the Year.
"Completing the transition to NCAA marks the beginning of a new chapter for UST Athletics," Medina said. "We are excited to continue writing the story of UST Athletics in the NCAA as an institution that values education, competition, and integrity."
DIII Student Athletes Prioritize Academics
Colleges and universities in DIII place the highest priority on the overall quality of the educational experience and on the successful completion of all student academic programs. During this experience, student athletes are in an environment that values cultural diversity and gender equity.
19 Different NCAA DIII Sports Plus Intercollegiate Spirit and Esports
In 2022-2023, UST tallied 300 student-athletes and added cheer and dance teams. Notably, 120 new student-athletes became part of our athletics family in 2022-2023. In addition, UST hired a swim coach for its new competitive swim program. Swimming begins in the 2023 season bringing the UST student athlete total to 350 with 25 staff members. Currently, UST has 19 different sports and non-NCAA Spirit and Esports.
Growth Timeline:
- 2006, Women's Volleyball
- 2007 Men's Soccer
- 2009 Men's Basketball
- 2011 Women's Basketball and Men's and Women's Golf
- 2014 Women's Soccer
- 2018 Cross Country
- 2019 Baseball and Men's and Women's Tennis
- 2020 Softball and Men's and Women's Track and Field
- 2021, Men's and Women's Indoor Track
- 2024 Men's and Women's Swimming
About University of St. Thomas
University of St. Thomas is a comprehensive university, grounded in the liberal arts. Committed to the unity of all knowledge, UST offers programs in the traditional liberal arts, professional, and skilled-based disciplines. Graduates of the University of St. Thomas think critically, communicate effectively, succeed professionally, and lead ethically.
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NSW minister for customer service and digital government Victor Dominello will not contest the state election next year, and will instead retire from politics.
Dominello cited a “family health issue” as the reason for his decision.
State premier Dominic Perrottet said Dominello had spent over a decade helping “lead the NSW government into the digital age”.
“He has also overseen the transformation of Service NSW, which has fundamentally changed the way people interact with the NSW government,” Perrottet said.
Dominello said that he would “continue to put my heart and soul into delivering on the state’s digital transformation agenda” until his retirement from politics.
“I intend on seeing through a number of important projects over the next seven months including the roll out of the digital birth certificate, the education wallet, verifiable credentials and eConveyancing reform,” he said in a statement.
Dominello noted the decade of digital progress within the NSW government, and the work “across all agencies of government to fundamentally transform service delivery in NSW, making things easier and saving time for the people of the state.”
“We created a world-first Department of Customer Service and led a significant evolution of Service NSW,” he said.
“We have seen an incredible era of digital transformation and uplift across NSW in which we have led the nation and, on occasion, the world.
“Better still, we have laid the foundations for a successful future in the digital era.”
Service NSW would become a model for similar digital government service delivery vehicles at the federal level, and also in other states and territories.
Dominello was said at the time to be “relieved” to see the NSW model replicated, particularly because it opened the possibility of cross-jurisdictional digital services.
In recent years, Dominello - through an active social media presence - positioned his department as digital agents of change, often flagging suboptimal customer experiences and publicly committing to fix the processes. | https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nsw-gov-digital-champion-victor-dominello-to-retire-584042?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iTnews+ | 2022-08-16T22:37:53Z | https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nsw-gov-digital-champion-victor-dominello-to-retire-584042?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iTnews+ | true |
Manchester City have confirmed the signing of full-back Sergio Gomez on a four-year deal from Anderlecht.
The 21-year-old, formerly of Barcelona's youth set-up and Borussia Dortmund, worked with ex-City captain Vincent Kompany at the Belgian club and has joined for a reported fee of £11 million.
Gomez is City's fourth acquisition of the transfer window, following on from the captures of Kalvin Phillips, Erling Haaland and Stefan Ortega.
"I am incredibly proud and happy to have joined Manchester City," he told the club's official website.
"City are the best team in England and in Pep Guardiola I have a chance to learn and develop under the most outstanding manager in world football.
"To be able to be part of this club is a dream come true for me and something any young player would aspire to.
"The number of trophies City have won over the past few years has been incredible and the style of football the team plays under Pep is the most exciting in Europe.
"Playing for and being guided by Pep and his coaches is going to be very special.
"I've heard so much about the City fans and how passionate they are, so I can't wait to get started and to try and help the Club achieve even more."
City have won their opening two Premier League fixtures against West Ham and Bournemouth, with Newcastle United next up on Sunday.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — As kids get ready to head back to school, the Biden administration is promising to make this school year as close to normal as possible for students who’ve spent the last almost two years dodging COVID-19.
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said things are looking up, and schools across the nation now have the resources they need to address COVID-19 and help students.
“Such promise, such opportunity this year, we’re in a much better spot this year than we were in last year,” he said. “They missed out on a lot the last couple of years, this year they have to be given more.”
He said that thanks to the American Rescue Plan, school districts can ramp up mental health and tutoring services to help kids who may have fallen behind.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also loosened its guidelines, allowing students without symptoms to stay in their classrooms even after a classmate tests positive.
“We’re all excited and we’re all feeling that we can control COVID-19 spread, we have better tools,” Cardona said.
Education unions like the American Federation of Teachers are embracing the more hands-off approach. Union President Randi Weingarten said she’s grateful the Biden administration is helping schools adapt to new challenges.
“The guidelines are smart. … We really want to teach with us seeing each other’s faces,” Weingarten said. “So that kids can get their mojo back and their confidence back.”
But Weingarten said it’s up to parents and local school districts to support teachers.
“Teachers have to have the respect that they need to do their jobs, as opposed to … the politics and the division and the polarization,” she said. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/washington/washington-dc/us-education-secretary-much-better-spot-to-handle-covid-in-school-this-year/ | 2022-08-16T22:40:16Z | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/washington/washington-dc/us-education-secretary-much-better-spot-to-handle-covid-in-school-this-year/ | true |
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NEW YORK — Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic “Das Boot” propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films “In the Line of Fire,” “Air Force One” and “The Perfect Storm,” has died. He was 81.
Petersen died Friday at his home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood after a battle with pancreatic cancer, said representative Michelle Bega.
Petersen, born in Emden, Germany, made two features before his 1982 breakthrough, “Das Boot.” Then the most expensive movie in German film history, the 149-minute “Das Boot” (the original cut ran 210 minutes) chronicled the intense claustrophobia of life aboard a doomed German U-boat during the Battle of the Atlantic, with Jürgen Prochnow as the submarine’s commander. Heralded as an antiwar masterpiece, “Das Boot” was nominated for six Oscars, including for Petersen’s direction and his adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s best-selling 1973 novel.
To Petersen, who grew up on the northern coast of Germany, the sea long held his fascination. He would return to it in the 2000 disaster film, “The Perfect Storm,” a true-life tale of a fishing boat lost at sea.
“The power of water is unbelievable,” Petersen said in a 2009 interview. “I was always impressed as a kid how strong it is, all the damage the water could do when it just turned within a couple of hours, and smashed against the shore.”
“Das Boot” launched Petersen as a filmmaker in Hollywood, where he became one of the top makers of action adventures of massive cataclysms that spanned war (2004′s “Troy,” with Brad Pitt), pandemic (the 1995 ebolavirus-inspired “Outbreak”) and other ocean-set disasters (2006′s “Poseidon,” about the capsizing of an ocean liner).
Petersen is survived by second wife Maria-Antoinette Borgel, a German script supervisor and assistant director whom he wed in 1978, son Daniel Petersen and two grandchildren. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/ct-ent-wolfgang-peterson-dies-20220816-dibyho3v4naynjkzwtz3gy7bva-story.html | 2022-08-16T22:43:42Z | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/ct-ent-wolfgang-peterson-dies-20220816-dibyho3v4naynjkzwtz3gy7bva-story.html | false |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Just two weeks into the new school year, and one school has already gone back to remote learning because of COVID-19. Parents are frustrated, but the school director says they are just following their ‘COVID Safe Practices’ plan.
Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School (CCPS) made a COVID plan last September which says if more than three percent of students and staff get COVID over a two-week period, they have to go remote. On Monday, they did; and parents are upset.
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“It’s time to move on. You’ve got the CDC, who has pretty much been the COVID bible for the last two-plus years. It’s been all over the news; the CDC is telling people, ‘Move on! Move on!’ If they’re telling people to move on and people still aren’t moving on, then that’s a problem,” says Nicole Cloud, whose daughter is an upperclassman at the school.
Some parents believe the school should be following the new CDC guidance, which changed last week and dramatically reduces many of their COVID-19 safety recommendations for schools.
The New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) also sent out a memorandum lifting some restrictions on schools in the state in accordance with the CDC. This includes getting rid of the testing requirement for unvaccinated teachers, getting rid of the requirement for quarantine after COVID exposure, and no more ‘test to stay’ requirements.
Read the NMPED’s memorandum below:
However, John Binnert, the executive director of CCPS, says the bottom line is their plan from last year, which includes remote learning after a certain level of community spread is still in effect, and they have to follow it.
“I’m with you in your frustration. I was extremely frustrated having to make an announcement at the end of the day yesterday to the students who are trying to feel like they’re back to normal. It is really frustrating, and I think this is a part of that wider story of COVID-19 is still here, and as a community, we have to continue to evolve,” Binnert says.
Binnert says there is a meeting happening next week on Tuesday to possibly change the plan. He says the Open Meetings Act requires three days’ notice to have the meeting to make these changes. In an email to the school, Binnert says they will have a new pathway forward by next Wednesday. They will be seeking feedback from the CCPS community about how to move forward throughout the week.
Read Binnert’s full statement below:
A spokesperson for the NMPED says a school’s decision to go remote is entirely local and is not required by NMPED. NMPED says they will be issuing new guidance soon to urge districts to review and revise their previous COVID plans. CCPS will continue remote learning throughout the week. | https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/albuquerque-school-goes-to-remote-learning-after-just-two-weeks/ | 2022-08-16T22:47:34Z | https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/albuquerque-school-goes-to-remote-learning-after-just-two-weeks/ | false |
New partnership will use the power of high-throughput sequencing to measure and understand marine life in our oceans at a rate that eclipses traditional research methods
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Minderoo Foundation and Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), today announced a 40 million Australian dollar (US $27.8 million) partnership that will leverage the power of genomics to accelerate scientific understanding of marine systems and help marine conservationists make informed decisions. The three-year partnership demonstrates a shared commitment to conserving marine biodiversity and understanding the changing marine ecosystems on which people and national economies depend.
Minderoo Foundation's director of OceanOmics, Dr. Steve Burnell, said that scaling environmental DNA (eDNA) technologies and applying new computational and artificial-intelligence-enabled approaches have the potential to revolutionize our understanding of life in the ocean and our ability to protect it.
"By rapidly identifying species that may be endangered, invasive, or otherwise poorly understood, the research will contribute data and information to support timely and impactful marine biodiversity conservation," Burnell said. "Minderoo Foundation is committed to returning our oceans to a flourishing state."
Surveillance of marine ecosystems using eDNA can increase the resolution and sensitivity with which scientists understand biodiversity and can measure change. A cup of seawater can contain millions of pieces of eDNA and cells, providing a snapshot of the life forms present and, potentially, information on their population size and health. However, in typical seawater samples, more than 98% of the DNA sequences recovered belong to marine microbes. Through this partnership, innovations from the human health industry will be adapted to help enrich these complex marine samples for sequence information specific to marine vertebrates.
The partners will also engage in research and development projects to create high-throughput genome sequences from known marine vertebrates to enable identification of unknown eDNA sequences from seawater. Because only 1% of the roughly 21,000 known species of marine vertebrate genomes have been sequenced, one major objective is to create reference genomes from the wealth of samples already held in museum collections.
As part of this broad research and development partnership, Minderoo Foundation installed a NextSeq™ 2000 Sequencing System, one of Illumina's most advanced high-throughput benchtop DNA sequencers, aboard its research vessel.
Illumina Head of Global Commercial Strategy & General Manager of Asia Pacific and Japan Gretchen Weightman said installing the NextSeq 2000 directly onto Minderoo's research vessel has allowed the partners to demonstrate, for the first time, truly high-throughput sequencing at sea, enabling near real-time production of marine genetic information, from seawater samples to high-quality sequencing data, in a matter of hours.
"Backed by Illumina's leading technologies, researchers will gather crucial data and gain a greater understanding of the significant implications for the way the world's oceans are managed, considering commercial fishing and protection requirements," Weightman said.
ABOUT MINDEROO FOUNDATION
Established by Andrew and Nicola Forrest in 2001, Minderoo Foundation is a modern philanthropic organisation seeking to break down barriers, innovate and drive positive, lasting change. Minderoo Foundation is proudly Australian, with key initiatives spanning from ocean conservation and ending slavery, to collaboration against cancer and building community projects. To learn more, visit minderoo.org and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Vimeo.
ABOUT ILLUMINA
Illumina is improving human health by unlocking the power of the genome. Our focus on innovation has established us as a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, serving customers in the research, clinical, and applied markets. Our products are used for applications in the life sciences, oncology, reproductive health, agriculture, and other emerging segments. To learn more, visit illumina.com and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.
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With three-year revenue growth of ~300%, the bootstrapped start-up continues to prove that there is demand for innovation in the $51.6B global oral-care market.
SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cocofloss, maker of eco-conscious, effective, and fun oral care, today announced its inclusion on the annual Inc. 5000 list, placing it in the top .07% of privately-owned companies in the U.S. in terms of multi-year growth. The list's previous honorees include some of today's most recognizable brands, such as Facebook, Patagonia, Chobani, Under Armour, and Microsoft.
The oral-care disruptor came in at an impressive #140 in consumer products, #292 in California (one of the most competitive states for start-ups), and #1,868 in the U.S. overall.
For decades, the nation's $9.9 billion oral-care market has been a sleeping giant. Cocofloss is ready to wake it up. Founded in 2015 by Dr. Chrystle Cu, a preventative dentist, and her sister, Catherine Cu, a financial analyst, the company has more than tripled its business in the last three years. It is on target for similar YoY growth in 2022.
In an industry long ruled by legacy brands, dentist recommendations are key to converting new customers. Over the last three years, the number of dental customers on Cocofloss's pro-only site has grown by 172%. More and more dentists and hygienists are switching to Cocofloss because its textured weave actually removes plaque that "gliding" floss leaves behind. The Cocobrush, its super-soft toothbrush, boasts bristles that are 40% finer and are 16x better at removing plaque between teeth than an average toothbrush.
"When we launched our coconut oil–infused, delightfully fragrant dental floss seven years ago, no one was talking about oral care as self-care. Floss was strictly a commodity," said co-founder and CEO Catherine Cu. "We proved that customers are willing to pay more for floss that is more effective and makes them feel good. Today, beautifully designed oral-care is a booming category under the wider umbrella of self-care."
The co-founders soon realized that sustainability was the next big challenge in a sector dominated by single-use virgin plastics. In 2019, it began offering refill spools. In 2021, Cocofloss switched to a thread woven with ~85% recycled polyester, sourced from post-consumer PET water bottles. Last year, it also launched the Cocobrush, its toothbrush made with recycled ocean-bound plastic.
"We've demonstrated that you can invest in more sustainable materials — even when they cost more — without negatively impacting growth," said Cat. "Our commitment to putting the health of people and the planet first has only increased our loyal customer base. It's also helped us gain more GenZ consumers, who are now beginning to purchase oral-care products for themselves."
On 9/9, Cocofloss will expand into tooth care for tots with the launch of the Kids Refillable Cocoflosser, an environmentally friendly alternative to flimsy, disposable flossers. And in October, it will release CocoPlush Threaders, a fluffy floss made of 100% recycled polyester, designed for flossing around braces, bridges, and implants.
"We started off making floss both effective and fun. Today we're designing products to revolutionize your entire oral-care routine," said Dr. Chrystle Cu, co-founder and head of R&D.
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About Cocofloss
Cocofloss was founded in 2015 by two remarkable sisters: Dr. Chrystle Cu, a preventative dentist, and Catherine Cu, a former financial analyst. They joined forces at Cocofloss to fight gum disease and cavities by making the world's most effective and delightful oral care.
Inc. 5000 Methodology
Produced every year since 1982, the Inc. 5000 list analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the U.S. Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
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Two Triangle towns are scoring high marks is new ranking for hottest ZIP codes in the United States.
Durham is taking the 30th spot and Cary the 11th in Realtor.com's annual list.
The report notes the latest median price in Cary is slightly more than Raleigh and is coming in at $442,000.
Stephanie Jabusch bought her Cary home in the late nineties.
She's finished raising all of kids there and now is considering ways to prop up the price even further.
"It has tripled in value," said Jabusch. "We are very pleased with our investment and thinking of investing in our house by updating or adding to it, and we'll still get money back if we sell it."
Anthony Fuller says the town's change a lot since his family came here from Florida 15 years ago.
"When I moved here, there wasn't a lot. it was just a small," he said.
The area feels like its exploding.
New construction keeps going up. Townhomes by the intersection of Highway 55 and Morrisville Parkway going for $650,000.
There are new entertainment centers, such as The Fenton.
Phaedrea Watkins owns Realty One Group in Cary and says there's other draws.
"(There are) good schools, very good schools and it's just a family-oriented area," said Watkins.
She's continues helping out-of-state buyers relocate the area.
Watkins is noticing home are sitting on the market a little longer.
"It's increasing a little bit and I wouldn't say significantly, this is kind of what we saw as normal before we got this big jump in a lot of people moving to the area and it flying off the market in one to two days. Now, we're seeing maybe a week or two," said Watkins.
Americans' optimism about the housing market slips, reaches 10-year low
Builders 'anxious and nervous' as Raleigh housing market cools
Think homeownership is out of reach? This Raleigh program may blow your mind
Residents in Raleigh express concerns about a new city policy for housing re-development | https://abc11.com/cary-durham-hot-zip-codes-america/12131012/ | 2022-08-16T22:50:05Z | https://abc11.com/cary-durham-hot-zip-codes-america/12131012/ | false |
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska voters get their first shot at using ranked voting in a statewide race Tuesday in a special U.S. House election in which Sarah Palin seeks a return to elected office.
Also, Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski faces 18 challengers in a primary in which the top four vote-getters will advance to November’s general election.
The special election and regular primaries for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor and lieutenant governor and state legislative seats are on opposite sides of a two-sided ballot. It could take until Aug. 31 to know the winner of the special election.
The three candidates competing in that race are Republicans Palin and Nick Begich and Democrat Mary Peltola. The winner will serve the remainder of the late Rep. Don Young ‘s term. Young, a Republican, held the state’s only House seat for 49 years. He died in March.
Palin, the 2008 vice presidential nominee and a former Alaska governor, renewed her “drill, baby, drill” calls for increased oil production and said she would use her connections to the benefit of Alaska. She said the new, voter-approved election system creates confusion and should be changed.
In a recent interview with Steve Bannon, Palin described it as the “newfangled, weirdo voting system we have where it’s mail in-only ballots” and ranked voting. The special election is a traditional election with in-person voting, and voters were able to request absentee ballots.
Begich, a businessman from a family of prominent Democrats, has come out hard against Palin, seeking to cast her as someone chasing fame and a quitter; Palin resigned during her term as governor in 2009. In one Begich ad, a woman says: “I’m voting for smart – not Sarah.”
Palin “does not have a strong track record of effective advocacy for the state and that’s not going to work for us,” Begich said in an interview.
Palin, meanwhile, has questioned Begich’s Republican credentials.
Peltola, a former lawmaker, most recently worked at a commission whose goal is to rebuild salmon resources on the Kuskokwim River. She has cast herself as a “regular Alaskan” and consensus builder. If successful, she would be the first Alaska Native woman elected to the House.
“Vote, vote, vote and vote for me twice, literally,” Peltola told supporters in Juneau days before the election in urging them to turn out and to tell their friends to vote.
All three said they planned to pursue a full, two-year House term, regardless of how the special election turns out. They, along with Republican Tara Sweeney, who was an assistant secretary for Indian Affairs in the U.S. Interior Department during the Trump administration, were the most prominent candidates in a 22-person field in the U.S. House primary.
Sweeney also filed days before the special election as a write-in candidate for that race. Palin’s campaign on Friday sent an email wrongly stating there were no official write-in candidates in the race.
Alaska’s elections process, approved by voters in 2020 and used for the first time this year, pairs open primaries, in which all candidates in a race are on the ballot together, with ranked vote general elections. The four candidates with the most votes in each primary race advance to the November general election.
Bob Cruise left a Peltola fundraiser in Juneau Friday with a yard sign. He said his three granddaughters are of indigenous heritage. “It’s important to me for them to see an indigenous woman go to Washington, D.C., as Alaska’s representative. That would mean the world to me, especially one with the leadership abilities and all the wonderful qualities that Mary has,” he said.
Murkowski, a moderate who has been in the Senate for nearly 20 years and has at times been at odds with her party, faces 18 challengers, including fellow Republican Kelly Tshibaka, who is backed by former President Donald Trump.
Trump has lashed out against Murkowski, who voted to convict him in his second impeachment trial after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Trump was acquitted.
The most visible Democrat in the race is retired educated Pat Chesbro, who jumped in late and has struggled to gain fundraising traction. The other candidates in the field have had lower profiles.
Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run as teams in the primary. Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy is seeking reelection. He is running with Nancy Dahlstrom, who resigned as head of the state corrections department to join the ticket. Former Gov. Bill Walker, an independent, is running with Heidi Drygas, who was his labor department commissioner. Democrat Les Gara, a former lawmaker, is running with Jessica Cook, a teacher.
Other tickets include Republican state Rep. Christopher Kurka, running to the right of Dunleavy, with Paul Hueper, and Charlie Pierce, a Republican borough mayor, running with Edie Grunwald.
Fifty-nine of the Legislature’s 60 seats are up for election, but just one primary race has more than four candidates.
Beth Kerttula, a Democratic former state legislator, said she is supporting Peltola, Walker and Murkowski. Kerttula, who was in the Legislature with Peltola and Murkowski, said for many Alaskans “what really matters is the person” versus the party.
“I mean, we all supported Ted Stevens, too,” she said, referring to the late, longtime Republican U.S. senator. Alaska elections history includes periods when there were open primaries. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/political-news/palin-murkowski-highlight-alaskas-2-elections-on-tuesday/ | 2022-08-16T22:50:52Z | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/political-news/palin-murkowski-highlight-alaskas-2-elections-on-tuesday/ | false |
Wednesday Forecast: Sunshine returns!
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Wednesday will begin with areas of patchy fog but skies will be filled with sunshine by the afternoon. Mostly sunny, warm and pleasant conditions will dominate both Wednesday and Thursday. The chance for rain and storms returns Thursday evening.
Wednesday will bring back sunshine and warmer temperatures to our area... but will start off with patchy fog. The patchy fog should dissipate by mid morning and leave us with mostly sunny skies the rest of the day. High temperatures will warm up into the upper 70s to low 80s but will still below average for this time of year. Overnight temperatures will be in the 60s.
The sunshine sticks around most of the day on Thursday and it looks to be the warmest of the next several... highs will be in the 80s and low 90s. However, a cold front will be pushing through the area during the evening... this will bring the return of rain and storm chances to the eastern areas. There is no threat for severe weather at this time. Overnight low temperatures will dip into 50s and low 60s.
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DOTHAN, Ala., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Construction Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROAD) (the "Company"), a vertically integrated civil infrastructure company specializing in the construction and maintenance of roadways across five southeastern states, today announced that it will participate in the Raymond James 2022 Diversified Industrials Conference. Members of the Company's management team are scheduled to meet with investors at the conference on August 23, 2022.
About Construction Partners, Inc.
Construction Partners, Inc. is a vertically integrated civil infrastructure company operating across five southeastern states, with 59 hot-mix asphalt plants, 14 aggregate facilities and one liquid asphalt terminal. Publicly funded projects make up the majority of its business and include local and state roadways, interstate highways, airport runways and bridges. The majority of the Company's public projects are maintenance-related. Private sector projects include paving and sitework for office and industrial parks, shopping centers, local businesses and residential developments. To learn more, visit www.constructionpartners.net.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) between February 24, 2021 and June 9, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 29, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Wells Fargo securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
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Actor Kevin McKidd believes that change is a good thing, especially when it comes to Grey's Anatomy cast shake-ups.
Earlier this month, E! News reported that Ellen Pompeo—who plays Dr. Meredith Grey on the long-running ABC medical drama—would be cutting back her role for the show's upcoming 19th season, and will only appear in eight out of the season's 20-plus episodes. Her co-star—who stars as Dr. Owen Hunt—defended her decision exclusively on E! News' Daily Pop.
"Ellen has been the captain of this ship all these years, and she's about to start producing, so she needed to make room in her schedule for that," he told Daily Pop's Francesca Amiker at the 2022 HCA TV Awards on August 14.
Pompeo is executive producing and starring in a new Hulu limited series, which follows the true story of a couple who accuses their Ukrainian adopted daughter of being an adult and secretly conning them.
Plus, as McKidd pointed out, it's not like the series will be fully without Meredith Grey, saying, "The fact that she's not leaving the show and is just gonna scale it back a bit—what I think is beautiful about it is that it shows her love for the show still."
Pompeo isn't the only cast member whose role on the show is changing. Season 18 ended on a cliffhanger for Owen, as he, wife Teddy (Kim Raver) and their kids left the country on a plane.
As for whether fans will see him return next season? "It's a little too early to say," McKidd teased. "All I can say is we have these new amazing interns, who are this kind of new blood in the show."
Grey's Anatomy was among many hit shows honored at the awards ceremony, including This Is Us, which concluded its six-season run in May. And while star Mandy Moore—who starred as matriarch Rebecca Pearson—was honored with an acting nomination and this year's Virtuoso Award at the ceremony, fans were shocked when she was snubbed a Best Actress nomination for the 2022 Emmys.
Her co-star and onscreen son Justin Hartley—who played Kevin Pearson—praised Moore for her talent on and off-camera, telling Daily Pop on the red carpet, "I think she's a rare talent and I think she's a rare person."
"I will tell you something," he added, "if you call Mandy Moore and you ask her for advice, she will either give you advice or if she doesn't know anything about what you're asking, she will find somebody that does and put you in contact with them and make your life better. She is like a therapist, actress, mother—what can't she do? She's incredible."
Check out more of Daily Pop's HCA TV Awards red carpet interviews in the full video above.
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s main industry lobby group warned Tuesday that factories may have to throttle production or halt it completely because plunging water levels on the Rhine River are making it harder to transport cargo.
The Rhine’s level at Emmerich, near the Dutch border, dropped by a further four centimeters (1.6 inches) in 24 hours, hitting zero on the depth gauge.
Authorities say the shipping lane itself still has a depth of almost 200 centimeters (six feet, six inches), but the record low measurement Tuesday morning highlights the extreme lack of water caused by months of drought affecting much of Europe.
“The ongoing drought and the low water levels threaten the supply security of industry,” said Holger Loesch, deputy head of the BDI business lobby group.
Loesch said shifting cargo from river to train or transport was difficult because of limited rail capacity and a lack of drivers.
“It’s only a question of time before facilities in the chemical and steel industry have to be switched off, petroleum and construction materials won’t reach their destination, and high-capacity and heavy-goods transports can’t be carried out anymore,” he said, adding that this could lead to supply bottlenecks and short-time work might result.
Loesch warned that energy supplies could also be further strained as ships carrying coal and gasoline along the Rhine are affected.
Drivers in southern Germany already have to pay considerably more for fuel than those further north, according to Germany’s biggest motor club. The ADAC said diesel was being sold for under 1.82 euros ($1.84) per liter in Hamburg, while in the southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg it cost on average 1.97 euros.
The BDI said droughts such as that seen this year could become more frequent in the future, and urged the government to help closely monitor water levels and react early to potential transportation problems on Germany’s waterways.
Experts say climate change is making extreme weather, including heatwaves and droughts, more likely.
Germany’s weather service has forecast heavy rain toward the end of the week that could provide some relief to river shipping companies.
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(WJBF) – Chick-fil-A is planning to test a new bite-sized breakfast option — Chorizo Cheddar Egg Bites — at participating locations in several U.S. markets later this month.
The breakfast item, said to be baked in-house at Chick-fil-A restaurants each morning, will contain egg, chorizo and a blend of cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses. Each order includes four “Egg Bites.”
The dish is said to be Chick-fil-A’s first new “breakfast entrée” since the chicken chain introduced its Hash Brown Scramble Bowl in 2017.
Chick-fil-A said the new Chorizo Cheddar Egg Bites were created in response to consumer demand, claiming guests were “asking for more bite-sized, shareable breakfast options.”
“As summer ends and the back-to-school morning routine begins, we wanted to offer our customers a new protein-packed entrée that keeps them satisfied when they’re on-the-go without sacrificing taste,” Leslie Neslage, the director of menu and packaging at Chick-fil-A, said in a statement included with a press release issued Monday.
Customers can try Chick-fil-A’s new Egg Bites starting Aug. 22 at select locations in Augusta, Georgia; Aiken, South Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia; Miami; and New Orleans.
Chick-fil-A will determine if the item will be expanded to nationwide menus based on consumer feedback. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/chick-fil-a-testing-new-breakfast-item-chorizo-cheddar-egg-bites/ | 2022-08-16T22:58:31Z | https://www.wjhl.com/news/chick-fil-a-testing-new-breakfast-item-chorizo-cheddar-egg-bites/ | false |
Biden signs massive climate and health care legislation
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill into law on Tuesday, delivering what he has called the “final piece” of his pared-down domestic agenda, as he aims to boost his party’s standing with voters less than three months before the midterm elections.
The legislation includes the most substantial federal investment in history to fight climate change — some $375 billion over the decade — and would cap prescription drug costs at $2,000 out-of-pocket annually for Medicare recipients. It also would help an estimated 13 million Americans pay for health care insurance by extending subsidies provided during the coronavirus pandemic.
The measure is paid for by new taxes on large companies and stepped-up IRS enforcement of wealthy individuals and entities, with additional funds going to reduce the federal deficit.
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In a triumphant signing event at the White House, Biden pointed to the law as proof that democracy — no matter how long or messy the process — can still deliver for voters in America as he road-tested a line he will likely repeat later this fall ahead of the midterms: “The American people won, and the special interests lost.”
“In this historic moment, Democrats sided with the American people, and every single Republican in the Congress sided with the special interests in this vote,” Biden said, repeatedly seizing on the contrast between his party and the GOP. “Every single one.”
Cheney braces for loss as Trump tested in Wyoming and Alaska
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a leader in the Republican resistance to former President Donald Trump, is fighting to save her seat in the U.S. House on Tuesday as voters weigh in on the direction of the GOP.
Cheney is bracing for a loss against a Trump-backed challenger in the state in which he won by the largest of margins during the 2020 campaign.
Win or lose, the 56-year-old daughter of a vice president is vowing to remain an active presence in national politics as she contemplates a 2024 presidential bid. But in the short term, Cheney is facing a dire threat from Republican opponent Harriet Hageman, a Cheyenne ranching industry attorney who has harnessed the full fury of the Trump movement in her bid to expel Cheney from the House.
“Today, no matter what the outcome is, is certainly the beginning of a battle that is going to continue,” Cheney told CBS News after casting her vote Tuesday, standing alongside her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney. “We’re facing a moment where our democracy really is under attack and under threat. And those of us across the board — Republicans, Democrats and independents who believe deeply in freedom and who care about the Constitution and the future of the country — have an obligation to put that above party."
Many of Wyoming's voters don't seem to agree with their three-term Republican congresswoman.
US West hit with water cuts but rebuffs call for deeper ones
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For the second year in a row, Arizona and Nevada will face cuts in the amount of water they can draw from the Colorado River as the West endures more drought, federal officials announced Tuesday.
The cuts planned for next year will force states to make critical decisions about where to reduce consumption and whether to prioritize growing cities or agricultural areas. Mexico will also face cuts.
But those reductions represent just a fraction of the potential pain to come for the 40 million Americans in seven states that rely on the river. Because the states failed to respond to a federal ultimatum to figure out how to cut their water use by at least 15%, they could face even deeper cuts that the government has said are needed to prevent reservoirs from falling so low they cannot be pumped.
"The states collectively have not identified and adopted specific actions of sufficient magnitude that would stabilize the system,” Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton said.
Together, the missed deadline and cuts place officials responsible for providing water to growing cities and farms under renewed pressure to plan for a hotter, drier future and a growing population.
Explosions rock Crimea in suspected Ukrainian attack
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Explosions and fires ripped through an ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Crimea on Tuesday in the second suspected Ukrainian attack on the peninsula in just over a week, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people.
Russia blamed the blasts in the village of Mayskoye on an “act of sabotage,” without naming the perpetrators.
Separately, the Russian business newspaper Kommersant quoted residents as saying plumes of black smoke also rose over an air base in Crimea’s Gvardeyskoye.
Ukraine stopped short of publicly claiming responsibility for any of the blasts, including those that destroyed nine Russian planes at another Crimean air base last week. Russia seized the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and has used it to launch attacks against Ukraine in the war that began nearly six months ago.
If Ukrainian forces were behind the explosions, that would represent a significant escalation in the war. Such attacks could also indicate that Ukrainian operatives are able to penetrate deeply into Russian-occupied territory.
Afghanistan marks 1 year since Taliban seizure as woes mount
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban on Monday marked a year since they seized the Afghan capital in a rapid takeover that triggered a hasty escape of the nation's Western-backed leaders, sent the economy into a tailspin and fundamentally transformed the country.
Bearded Taliban fighters, some hoisting rifles or the white banners of their movement, staged victory parades on foot, bicycles and motorcycles in the streets of Kabul. One group marched past the former U.S. Embassy, chanting “Long live Islam” and “Death to America.”
A year after the dramatic day, much has changed in Afghanistan. The former insurgents struggle to govern and remain internationally isolated. The economic downturn has driven millions more Afghans into poverty and even hunger, as the flow of foreign aid slowed to a trickle.
The U.N. humanitarian chief for Afghanistan warned that unless donors provide $2.6 billion very soon the country faces “pure catastrophe” over the coming winter with millions of lives at stake.
Ramiz Alakbarov told a virtual news conference from Kabul that the U.N.’s $4.4 billion humanitarian appeal for Afghanistan this year has received only about $1.8 billion, leaving a $2.6 billion gap in funding for desperately needed food and other aid.
DHS watchdog rebuffs lawmakers on Secret Service testimony
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department’s inspector general has refused congressional requests for documents and staff testimony about the erasure of Secret Service communication related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, angering top Democrats who accuse him of unlawfully obstructing their investigation.
In an Aug. 8 letter disclosed Tuesday, Inspector General Joseph Cuffari told the leaders of the House Oversight and Homeland Security committees that his office will not comply with their requests for internal documents and sit-down interviews due to the ongoing criminal investigation into deleted Secret Service text messages.
In response, House Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney and Homeland Security Chair Bennie Thompson sent a letter Tuesday demanding Cuffari turn over documents and make his staff available to lawmakers or risk facing a potential congressional subpoena
“Your obstruction of the Committees’ investigations is unacceptable, and your justifications for this noncompliance appear to reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of Congress’s authority and your duties as an Inspector General,” Maloney and Thompson wrote in the letter.
“If you continue to refuse to comply with our requests, we will have no choice but to consider alternate measures to ensure your compliance,” they wrote.
Columbia River's salmon are at the core of ancient religion
ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER (AP) — James Kiona stands on a rocky ledge overlooking Lyle Falls where the water froths and rushes through steep canyon walls just before merging with the Columbia River. His silvery ponytail flutters in the wind, and a string of eagle claws adorns his neck.
Kiona has fished for Chinook salmon for decades on his family’s scaffold at the edge of the falls, using a dip net suspended from a 33-foot pole — like his father did before him, and his son will after.
“Fishing is an art and a spiritual practice,” says Kiona, a Yakama Nation elder. “You feel exhilaration in your body when you dip that net in the water and feel the fish. Then, you’re fighting the fish. The fish is fighting you, tearing holes in the net, jerking you off the scaffold.”
He finds strength, sanctity, even salvation in that struggle. The river saved Kiona when he returned from the war in Vietnam. As he battled addiction, depression and trauma, the river gave him therapy no hospital could.
When he lies on the rocks by the rushing river and closes his eyes, he hears the songs and the voices of his ancestors. The water, he says, holds the history of the land and his people.
Wolfgang Petersen, blockbuster filmmaker of 'Das Boot,' dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic “Das Boot” propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films “In the Line of Fire,” “Air Force One” and “The Perfect Storm,” has died. He was 81.
Petersen died Friday at his home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood after a battle with pancreatic cancer, said representative Michelle Bega.
Petersen, born in the north German port city of Emden, made two features before his 1982 breakthrough, “Das Boot," then the most expensive movie in German film history. The 149-minute film (the original cut ran 210 minutes) chronicled the intense claustrophobia of life aboard a doomed German U-boat during the Battle of the Atlantic, with Jürgen Prochnow as the submarine’s commander.
Heralded as an antiwar masterpiece, “Das Boot” was nominated for six Oscars, including for Petersen's direction and his adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s best-selling 1973 novel.
Petersen, born in 1941, recalled as a child running alongside American ships as they threw down food. In the confusion of postwar Germany, Petersen — who started out in theater before attending Berlin’s Film and Television Academy in the late 1960s — gravitated toward Hollywood films with clear clashes of good and evil. John Ford was a major influence.
Monkeypox can spread to pet dogs, doctors report
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials are warning people who are infected with monkeypox to stay away from household pets, since the animals could be at risk of catching the virus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for months has had the advice in place as monkeypox spreads in the U.S. But it gained new attention after a report from France, published last week in the medical journal Lancet, about an Italian greyhound that caught the virus.
The dog belongs to a couple who said they sleep alongside the animal. The two men were infected with monkeypox after having sex with other partners and wound up with lesions and other symptoms. The greyhound later developed lesions and was diagnosed with the virus.
Monkeypox infections have been detected in rodents and other wild animals, which can spread the virus to humans. But the authors called it the first report of monkeypox infection in a domesticated animal like a dog or cat.
Pets that come in close contact with a symptomatic person should be kept at home and away from other animals and people for 21 days after the most recent contact, the CDC advises.
Kraft Heinz recalling contaminated Capri Sun juice pouches
Kraft Heinz is recalling thousands of pouches of Capri Sun in the U.S. after some cleaning solution accidentally mixed with the juice on a production line.
The company said it’s recalling about 5,760 cases of Capri Sun Wild Cherry flavored juice blend. The “Best When Used By” date on the packages is June 25, 2023.
Kraft Heinz said the diluted cleaning solution is used on its food processing equipment. The company said it discovered that the solution had accidentally mixed with the juice after getting consumer complaints about the juice's taste.
The recall does not apply to products sold outside of the U.S.
Kraft Heinz, which is co-headquartered in Pittsburgh and Chicago, said in a statement Friday it is working with retailers to remove the product from circulation. Consumers who bought the affected Capri Sun should not consume it and should return it to the story where it was purchased to receive a refund. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/ap-news-in-brief-at-6-04-p-m-edt/article_02421f74-df7b-59f4-a360-4a1b6efc9a74.html | 2022-08-16T23:00:33Z | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/ap-news-in-brief-at-6-04-p-m-edt/article_02421f74-df7b-59f4-a360-4a1b6efc9a74.html | false |
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a mother charged with conspiring to kill her children in Idaho and to steal their social security benefits asked a judge on Tuesday to send the case back to a grand jury because they say the indictment is confusing.
Lori Vallow Daybell and her husband Chad Daybell have pleaded not guilty to murder, conspiracy and grand theft charges in connection with the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan. They could face the death penalty if convicted.
During a hearing in the eastern Idaho town of St. Anthony, Vallow Daybell’s attorneys said the conspiracy charges were oddly constructed and likely to confuse a jury.
One of the conspiracy charges is because prosecutors say the couple planned to kill Vallow Daybell's daughter and steal the social security benefits the child was receiving because her father had died. The other conspiracy charge involves the same allegations, but in connection with her son's death.
Under the plan proposed by Vallow Daybell's defense attorneys, the case would be returned to the grand jury so the charges could be tweaked.
“The conspiracy to commit murder and the conspiracy to commit grand theft are two separate conspiracies,” defense attorney John Thomas said. “We believe it would be confusing to a jury to be able to figure out what elements were met, when the elements were met and to what extent the elements were met.”
Otherwise, Thomas said, the case will be “fundamentally unfair.”
“I'm not saying that the jury isn't sophisticated enough to sort through that, but I've been practicing law for 20 years and this particular charge baffled me,” he said.
Prosecuting attorney Rob Wood told the court that the conspiracy charges aren't confusing at all — they simply detail a “criminal agreement.”
“One was to murder Tylee Ryan and to steal the social security money that was allotted to her, and one was to kill JJ Vallow and steal and collect the social security funds that were allotted to him," Wood said. “We believe the jury will find that there was this agreement, that they agreed to commit these two crimes.”
Chad Daybell did not attend Tuesday’s hearing. During the hour-long proceeding, Vallow Daybell frowned much of the time but smiled at other moments. Occasionally she appeared to laugh or scoff at the legal arguments made by the prosecutor.
Judge Steven Boyce said he would consider the arguments and make a decision later.
Idaho law enforcement officers started investigating the Daybells in November 2019 after extended family members reported that the children were missing. During that period, police said the couple lied about the children’s whereabouts. Their bodies were found buried later on Chad Daybell’s property in rural Idaho.
Chad and Lori Daybell married just two weeks after his previous wife, Tammy Daybell, died unexpectedly. Tammy Daybell’s death was initially reported as due to natural causes, but investigators had her body exhumed after growing suspicious when Chad Daybell quickly remarried.
Lori Vallow Daybell is also charged with conspiracy to commit murder in Arizona in connection with the death of her previous husband. Charles Vallow was shot and killed by Lori Daybell’s brother, Alex Cox, who claimed it was self-defense. Cox later died of what police said was natural causes.
The Arizona legal proceedings are on hold while the Idaho case is underway and Vallow Daybell has not been scheduled to make a plea in the Arizona case. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Mom-accused-of-killing-kids-in-Idaho-seeks-change-17377985.php | 2022-08-16T23:04:59Z | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Mom-accused-of-killing-kids-in-Idaho-seeks-change-17377985.php | false |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres have replaced a planned Fernando Tatis Jr. bobblehead night with a Juan Soto T-shirt giveaway after the superstar shortstop was banned 80 games Friday following a positive test for a performance-enhancing drug.
Tatis, a 23-year-old sensation and one of the brightest stars in all of Major League Baseball, was on the cusp of returning to the Padres from a broken wrist that had sidelined him all season. He was on track to rejoin the team well before the Sept. 7 bobblehead night — until the positive test.
Instead, the Padres will offer fans shirts in the club's City Connect color scheme with Soto's name and No. 22 on the back before they play the Arizona Diamondbacks. The team announced the change Tuesday.
Soto, also 23 and one of baseball's most well-known young faces, was acquired from the Washington Nationals in a blockbuster deadline deal Aug. 2.
The Padres' City Connect jerseys, which they wear for Friday night home games, feature vivid colors that celebrate the cross-border culture of San Diego and Tijuana.
MLB said Tatis tested positive for Clostebol, an anabolic steroid. Tatis said he accidentally took a medication to treat ringworm that contained the banned substance. Several teammates were critical of Tatis following Friday's announcement, including pitcher Mike Clevinger, who talked about being “disappointed” in Tatis and hoping the shortstop realizes “it’s about more than just him right now.”
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WASHINGTON — Two iconic Dodge cars that shaped the meaning of muscle cars will be discontinued in 2023 as the carmaker transitions into the era of electric vehicles.
Dodge announced Monday that its Challenger and Charger vehicle production will end in 2023. The two staple muscle car models, however, will be making a big exit as Dodge teased seven special edition 2023 models.
The 2023 Charger and Challenger models will all bear a "Last Call" plaque under the hood of the vehicle to commemorate its history.
“We are celebrating the end of an era — and the start of a bright new electrified future — by staying true to our brand,” said Tim Kuniskis, Dodge brand chief executive officer, in the press release.
Six of the seven "heritage models" will bridge a connection to past models of the muscle cars, according to the announcement.
Details about the heritage influenced 2023 models are set to be revealed later this year. Dodge teased the seventh and final model as "the very last of its kind," which will be revealed in November at the 2022 Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas.
“At Dodge, we never lift, and the brand will mark the last of our iconic Charger and Challenger nameplates in their current form in the same way that got us here, with a passion both for our products and our enthusiasts that drives us to create as much uniqueness in the muscle car community and marketplace as possible,” said Kuniskis.
In contrast to its traditional way of selling, Dodge will allocate the special edition cars to dealerships "at once" and will be a first-come, first-serve basis. Ordering and pricing for the 2023 special edition models will be announced later this year as well.
Dodge didn't expand on its plans beyond 2024 for the muscle car models, leaving a window of hope for the car to make a return in the future. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/dodge-says-goodbye-to-its-challenger-and-charger-models/507-bb680456-6989-4e05-876f-1625cc9f52b8 | 2022-08-16T23:07:52Z | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/dodge-says-goodbye-to-its-challenger-and-charger-models/507-bb680456-6989-4e05-876f-1625cc9f52b8 | true |
Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and backers of universal school vouchers took a victory lap Tuesday over legislation the Republican-controlled Legislature enacted in June giving the state the nation’s most expansive voucher system, and he also used the time to attack backers of public schools who are trying to block the measure at the ballot.
Ducey touted the signature bill he signed in July that gives all Arizona parents the ability to take state money that would go to their local public school and instead use it for private school tuition or other education costs. The governor had a ceremonial signing at a central Phoenix Christian school that already gets large benefits from the state’s tax credit donation programs and existing school voucher program.
But he celebrated the new universal voucher expansion, which has been a key goal during his eight years in office. A similar law with enrollment caps that passed in 2017 was rejected by 2/3 of the state’s voters the following year, but Ducey did not stop his voucher expansion plans.
“Over the last eight years, and it is taken all of eight years, we have taken action to ensure that more kids have this opportunity by positioning Arizona as the national leader in school choice,” Ducey told several hundred students, lawmakers and voucher supporters gathered at Phoenix Christian Preparatory School.
“Our kids will no longer be stuck in underperforming schools. We’re unlocking more educational options for them and unlocking their full potential,” he said. “There’s no one-size fits all model to education.”
But he acknowledged the fight ahead, as public school advocates try again to block the voucher law that is set to take effect on Sept. 24. And he slammed them for their efforts.
“Misguided special interest groups will try to tell you that this legislation will diminish our public education system,” he said. “They couldn’t be more wrong. Public education means educating the public.”
Beth Lewis, executive director of Save Our Schools Arizona, the grassroots groups made up mainly of public school parents, teachers and concerned citizens who blocked the 2017 law, said it is Ducey who is wrong. The group needs slightly more than 118,000 valid signatures to keep the voucher law from taking effect. It would remain blocked until voters can weigh in in November 2024.
“Gov. Ducey’s dog and pony show about universal vouchers underscores his agenda to defund public education,” Lewis said. “The reality is Arizona students all across the state have happily started public school. And parents expect those schools to be funded and they do not want vouchers.”
Lewis and other public school advocates say vouchers take money from an already underfunded public school system, while proponents herald the program as letting parents choose the best education for their children.
Lewis contends the new voucher law could take away more than the new school funding lawmakers added this year, which neared $1 billion in ongoing and one-time cash.
Under the new law, an estimated 60,000 private students and about 38,000 being homeschooled would immediately be eligible to take up to $7,000 per year. Some of this currently get vouchers and many already get money from groups like School Tuition Organizations that funnel tax credits to students.
All 1.1 million students who attend traditional district and charter schools would also qualify to leave their public schools and get money to go to private schools. About a third already qualify, but only about 12,000 students statewide now use the system. | https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2022-08-16/arizona-governor-touts-school-voucher-plan-slams-opponents | 2022-08-16T23:12:41Z | https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2022-08-16/arizona-governor-touts-school-voucher-plan-slams-opponents | true |
MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CSL Limited (ASX: CSL) Today, CSL advances its vision for a more sustainable future by setting new, tangible targets for carbon emissions reductions.
As part of the company's broader sustainability strategy to build a more sustainable future for employees, communities, patients and donors, CSL is announcing new carbon emissions reductions targets that will serve as a transparent roadmap to decarbonise global operations by cutting direct and indirect carbon emissions.
By 2030, the company:
- Is targeting a reduction of 40% of absolute Scope 1 & 2 emissions against a baseline of the average annual emissions across FY19-21; and
- Intends to ensure suppliers who contribute 67% of Scope 3 emissions have set Scope 1 & 2 reduction targets, aligned with the Science-based targets initiative.
Both targets are aligned to the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Importantly, the timeframes also align to CSL's 2030 business strategy, ensuring the targets are incorporated into our detailed operational plans. The achievement of Scope 1 and 2 emissions reductions will occur through four key abatement levers:
- increased energy efficiency;
- a push toward more renewable power;
- switching fuels to less carbon intensive energy sources; and
- re-designing some of its manufacturing sites.
CSL recognises that responsible management and efficient use of natural resources is key to the company's sustainable growth and its ability to deliver efficient and reliable supply of life-saving medicines.
"For over a century, CSL has earned trust by striving to fulfill our promise to improve the lives of patients and safeguard public health," said CSL's Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Paul Perreault. "We intend to continue earning that trust, as a company committed to a healthier world."
Aspects of this work are already well underway. CSL facilities in Liverpool, United Kingdom, and Bern, Switzerland, currently source renewable energy. CSL's new R&D complexes in Marburg, Germany, and Waltham, Massachusetts will feature state-of- the-art sustainable design features as well as CSL's new company headquarters building in Melbourne, Australia.
In addition to reducing carbon emissions, CSL is prioritising integrating environmental considerations into key business decisions; minimizing end-to-end production of waste through removal, reduction and recycling; and reducing waste in our supply chain.
The specific targets build on the previously announced strategy by serving as a tangible, transparent roadmap to decarbonising CSL's operations by reducing the company's direct and indirect emissions footprint. They are a further evolution in CSL's responsibility to deliver our therapeutics and vaccines in a more efficient, inclusive and environmentally respectful way.
"Our ongoing efforts and new sustainability targets demonstrate our promise to protect people and our planet. As a scientific and data driven company, we are undertaking specific measures and analysis to ensure that we continue to set and meet the right targets for the road ahead," said CSL Chief Financial Officer Joy Linton. "It is all part of the CSL Promise to foster a more sustainable future."
For more information visit: https://investors.csl.com/site/investors/sustainability
About CSL
CSL Limited (ASX:CSL; USOTC:CSLLY) is a leading global biotechnology company with a dynamic portfolio of lifesaving medicines, including those that treat haemophilia and immune deficiencies, as well as vaccines to prevent influenza. Since our start in 1916, we have been driven by our promise to save lives using the latest technologies. Today, CSL – including our three businesses, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor – provides lifesaving products to patients in more than 100 countries and employs 30,000 people. Our unique combination of commercial strength, R&D focus and operational excellence enables us to identify, develop and deliver innovations so our patients can live life to the fullest. For inspiring stories about the promise of biotechnology, visit CSLBehring.com/Vita and follow us on Twitter.com/CSL. For more information about CSL Limited, visit www.CSL.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities say they have busted an organized crime racket reminiscent of the Mafia’s heyday, involving illegal gambling parlors in New York City and Long Island and a police detective accused of helping to protect the lucrative schemes.
Two indictments unsealed Tuesday charged nine people, including the detective, with crimes such as racketeering, illegal gambling, money laundering conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Nicknames of the defendants included “Joe Fish,” “Sal the Shoemaker” and “Joe Box.”
The top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn said the racketeers operated from fronts including a coffee bar, a soccer club and a shoe repair shop.
“Today’s arrests of members from two La Cosa Nostra crime families demonstrate that the Mafia continues to pollute our communities with illegal gambling, extortion and violence while using our financial system in service to their criminal schemes,” U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said.
He called the detective’s alleged conduct “shameful.”
The Nassau County Police Department detective, Hector Rosario, is accused of accepting money from the Bonanno crime family in exchange for steering police raids toward competing gambling clubs.
A lawyer for Rosario did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment about Rosario and the charges against him, which include obstructing a grand jury investigation and lying to the FBI.
While the heyday of organized crime is long past in New York — and many types of gambling that were once the exclusive domain of the Mafia are now legal in the state — Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly said the indictments were proof that “organized crime is alive and well in our communities.”
She said the Genovese and Bonanno organized crime families were alleged to have operated secret underground gambling parlors since 2012 in local businesses, “generating substantial amounts of money in back rooms while families unknowingly shopped and ate mere feet away.”
Michael Driscoll, head of New York’s FBI office, said members of the five organized crime families “demonstrate every day they are not averse to working together to further their illicit schemes, using the same tired methods to squeeze money from their victims.”
“Our active investigations show the Mafia refuses to learn from history,” Driscoll added, “and accept that at some point they will face justice for their crimes.” | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national/feds-9-indicted-in-mafia-led-racket-including-detective/ | 2022-08-16T23:16:32Z | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national/feds-9-indicted-in-mafia-led-racket-including-detective/ | true |
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Space weather alert: G3 storm could cause northern lights as low as Iowa
Calling all northerners and Midwesterners! There’s a potential for a particularly spectacular light show in the night sky in the next few days after multiple coronal mass ejections (CME) produced by the sun on August 14 head toward Earth.
A category G3 geomagnetic storm watch was predicted for August 18 which is considered a moderate storm, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The storm was originally predicted to be no stronger than a category G2 but since the sun ejected multiple CMEs, at least four of those could have direct contact with Earth, upping the category to a G3, according to the NOAA.
Geomagnetic storms in this category have the potential to cause some power system irregularities and intermittent errors in GPS systems but more importantly, they can also produce northern lights.
The NOAA predicts auroras could be seen as far as Oregon to Pennsylvania and even Iowa.
The storm is expected to downgrade to a G2 storm by August 19.
What is a CME?
Every 11 years, the sun completes a solar cycle in which mass amounts of radiation and plasma are emitted in the form of solar storms.
During this cycle, large eruptions of immense energy containing the power of several nuclear bombs explode from the surface of the sun, ripple through space and inevitably strike Earth. These are CMEs. Traveling at over a million miles per hour, the ejected mass of protons and electrons can cross the 93-million-mile distance from the sun to the Earth in a matter of days.
Because the area of space between the Earth and the sun is so vast, there are many CMEs that don’t actually reach our home planet.
But every now and then, this massive explosion of energy does hit our planet, resulting in a geomagnetic storm which usually manifests into auroral lights typically seen near the north and south poles.
Similar to how hurricanes are ranked by categories, The U.S. Space Weather Center (SWPC) ranks solar storms on a scale of "G1 Minor" to "G5 Extreme," with a G5 storm being the most dangerous.
Have we experienced CMEs before?
Earth has been experiencing space storms throughout its history. Scientific data from ice samples taken from the arctic show evidence of massive geomagnetic storms as early as 774 A.D.
In 1859, the Carrington Event, named after British astronomer Richard Carrington, caused mass terror when it obliterated the entire global telegraph system. Auroras were visible as far south as Colombia in what is considered the largest recorded account of a solar storm to hit Earth.
Telegraph operators reported receiving electric shocks when touching their instruments as telegraph paper reportedly caught fire from the shortages.
Because the Carrington Event occurred when humans were still early in their technological journey, the damage was minimal. However, experts say if a Carrington-style event were to occur today, with our reliance on technology, the effects could be devastating.
On March 10, 1989, astronomers witnessed a huge CME emanating from the sun which released a billion-ton cloud of gas, according to NASA.
"It was like the energy of thousands of nuclear bombs exploding at the same time," NASA said.
That ball of energy started heading toward Earth at a million miles an hour and collided with the planet’s magnetic field on March 12, 1989.
"The violence of this 'geomagnetic storm' caused spectacular 'northern lights' that could be seen as far south as Florida and Cuba," according to NASA.
But the beautiful light show wasn’t the only unusual thing that occurred. Power was knocked out for the entire province of Quebec, Canada, and lasted for 12 hours.
This story was reported from Los Angeles. | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/space-weather-alert-g3-storm-could-cause-northern-lights-as-low-as-iowa | 2022-08-16T23:20:44Z | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/space-weather-alert-g3-storm-could-cause-northern-lights-as-low-as-iowa | true |
Tom Holland announces break from social media for mental health reasons
(CNN) – He’s a popular actor best known for his role as Spider-Man and he has millions of social media followers.
But this week, Tom Holland announced that he stepped away from Instagram and Twitter for his mental health.
In a video posted on Instagram, Holland said social media has been detrimental to his mental state, so he’s taking a step back.
“I find Instagram and Twitter to be overstimulating, to be overwhelming,” he said. “I get caught up, and I spiral when I read things about me online.”
Holland has more than 67 million followers on Instagram and more than 7 million on Twitter but hasn’t posted that often.
Arianna Galligher, associate director at the Ohio State’s Star Trauma Recovery Center, said spending too much time on social media can affect your ability to live happily. Instead, you just end up getting a running commentary on it.
“Human beings are social creatures by nature, but just like all things, there is too much of a good thing,” she said.
Galligher said being on social media may not be a good idea in general for some people since it doesn’t bring them the connection or joy they may be seeking.
For others, stepping back and re-engaging in an intentional way may work better. She said she hopes others will follow Holland’s lead.
“Just being able to say, ‘I’m struggling,’ and being able to find out you’re not alone in that is very powerful,” Galligher said.
Holland’s candid video prompted praise from fans and fellow celebrities, including singer Justin Bieber, who commented, “I love you, man.”
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Donation made through the DENSO North America Foundation, the company's philanthropic group committed to supporting communities where DENSO operates
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The DENSO North America Foundation (DNAF) has donated $100,000 to the American Red Cross to support flood recovery efforts in Kentucky. DENSO's donation will help the aid organization deliver its vital shelter, food and health services to people in need.
Others who wish to support can make their own donation to the American Red Cross through DENSO's disaster relief microsite.
Companies affiliated with DENSO that operate in Kentucky include Kyosan DENSO Manufacturing Kentucky, LLC, located in Mt. Sterling, and DENSO Air Systems, located in Hopkinsville. While these sites were not directly impacted by the flooding, employees at the companies and DENSO partners across the state are deeply connected to communities still in need of relief.
"The devastation Kentuckians are facing is unimaginable. That's why it's so important we do our part in helping those affected get back on their feet," said Bob Townsend, vice president of Corporate Services at DENSO and DNAF. "We'll always be committed to positively contributing to the places we call home, and we hope this donation advances communities closer to full recovery."
DENSO's donation was sourced from DNAF funds specifically earmarked for charitable initiatives.
In addition to providing disaster relief, DNAF is also dedicated to helping students advance their education in science, technology, engineering, math and related programs. To do this, the foundation provides grants to colleges and universities across North America, giving students opportunities to grow their skills, pursue technical careers and lead tomorrow's workforce.
For more about DNAF, visit https://www.densofoundation.org/.
About DENSO
DENSO is a $45.1 billion global mobility supplier that develops advanced technology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today. With manufacturing at its core, DENSO invests in its 198 facilities to produce electrification system, powertrain system, thermal system, mobility electronics, & advanced devices, to create jobs that directly change how the world moves. The company's 167,000+ employees are paving the way to a mobility future that improves lives, eliminates traffic accidents, and preserves the environment. Globally headquartered in Kariya, Japan, DENSO spent 9.0 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. For more information about global DENSO, visit https://www.denso.com/global/en/.
In North America, DENSO is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, and employs 27,000+ engineers, researchers, and skilled workers across 51 sites in the U.S, Canada and Mexico. In the United States alone, DENSO employs 17,700+ employees across 14 states (and the District of Columbia) and 41 sites. In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, DENSO in North America generated $9.5 billion in consolidated sales. DENSO is committed to advancing diversity and inclusion inside the company and beyond – a principle that brings unique perspectives together, bolsters innovation, and pushes DENSO forward. Join us, and craft not only how the world moves, but also your career: densocareers.com. For more information, go to https://www.denso.com/us-ca/en/
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It’s Not Just Bed Bath & Beyond: GameStop and Koss Lead a Meme Stock Parade
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As shares of Bed Bath & Beyond continued to surge Tuesday, it was joined by some of the usual meme stock suspects that also saw increased activity.
Bed Bath & Beyond (ticker: BBBY) stock sailed to a close of $20.65, up 29% on the day. Some 388.9 million Bed Bath shares traded hands— compared to a 65 day average of 23.3 million, according to FactSet. The stock is up 316% over the last month. | https://www.barrons.com/articles/bed-bath-beyond-koss-gamestop-amc-stock-price-meme-rally-51660685560 | 2022-08-16T23:23:53Z | https://www.barrons.com/articles/bed-bath-beyond-koss-gamestop-amc-stock-price-meme-rally-51660685560 | true |
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Love Island's Luca Bish was shocked by Gemma Owen 's confession that her favourite thing about him is his teeth - which are fake.
Luca, who finished runner-up with Michael Owen's daughter on the latest series of the dating show, was doing a quick Q&A on Instagram with his followers when the surprise revelation was made. The pair were in a hotel room and one fan asked the fish monger, 23, what the duo's favourite things about each other were.
After a short ponder, Luca revealed he loved Gemma's face. He then asked Gemma what she liked about him and she confessed in the background: "Your teeth."
The confused star then questioned: "My teeth? They're fake." He looked slightly taken aback by her answer but quickly moved on to the next question and shared with his fans that he was a Tottenham Hotspur fan. Unfortunately for his followers, the Q&A was quickly cut short after Gemma fell asleep.
Footage from when Luca had his teeth done in Turkey has recently emerged. He underwent extensive dental treatment in the country alongside his ex-girlfriend in 2020 and the procedure was captured in a video.
It has now resurfaced and documents his pearly white smile before and after receiving the custom-made porcelain fittings. In the video, which also shows Luca with shoulder-length hair, the man from Brighton is seen talking with consultants at the Antalya clinic and picking out the shade his teeth are going to be.
The former couple’s whole experience at the clinic was filmed and shows them having scans on their teeth before a plan was put in place by the dentists as to what adjustments were necessary. At the end, the couple revealed their new smiles, with Luca revealing he had his top ten and bottom ten teeth refined.
Gemma and Luca recently enjoyed a short holiday together in which he finally got to meet her famous dad.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of 17 Education & Technology Group Inc. (NASDAQ: YQ) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with 17EdTech's December 2020 initial public offering (the "IPO"), of the important September 19, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline, in the securities class action commenced by the Firm.
SO WHAT: If you purchased 17EdTech securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the 17EdTech class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7395 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 19, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the IPO Registration Statement featured false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Defendant 17EdTech's K-12 Academic AST Services would end less than a year after the IPO; (2) as part of its ongoing regulatory efforts, Chinese authorities would imminently curtail and/or end 17EdTech's core business; and (3) as a result, Defendants' statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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For the 3rd Year In A Row, TheraEx Staffing Services Appears on the Inc. 5000 Annual List
NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Inc. revealed that TheraEx Staffing Services is on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Among the top 500, the average median three-year revenue growth rate soared to 2,144 percent. Together, those companies added more than 68,394 jobs over the past three years.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc. magazine, which will be available on August 23.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
"We take pride in the trust-based relationships we build with every single client." Says Rey Rivera, President of TheraEx Staffing Services. "We pride ourselves, above all else, on the excellent, approachable, and personable relationships our recruiters develop with their jobseekers."
TheraEx Staffing Services is a Healthcare Professional-Owned Staffing Agency dedicated to matching Travel Nurses, Allied Healthcare professionals, and Locum Tenens with respected hospitals and rehabilitation centers across the United States. As a partner to both clinicians and healthcare facilities nationwide, TheraEx Staffing Services has a best in-class team that delivers 24/7 support and personalized amenities. Founded in 2009 by Rey Rivera. President, TheraEx Staffing Services has the experience and resources to find you the perfect job opportunity; quickly and efficiently.
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For more information or press inquiries, please contact Rey Rivera, President, or Crystal White, Director of Operations at (866) 440-2445.
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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MASON, Ohio – Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka was eliminated by Shuai Zhang, 6-4, 7-5, in the first round of the Western & Southern Open on Tuesday.
The tournament outside Cincinnati lost another big name, Coco Gauff, when she retired from her match against qualifier Marie Bouzkova with a left ankle injury. Gauff had her ankle taped after the first set and dropped out after the first game of the second set.
The marquee match scheduled for Tuesday night at this hart-court U.S. Open tuneup was Serena Williams against Emma Raducanu, last year's champion at Flushing Meadows. Williams announced last week that she is transitioning away from tennis, although she has not said explicitly that the U.S. Open will be her last tournament.
Karolina Pliskova advanced with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Williams' older sister, Venus.
Belinda Bencic, who beat Serena Williams last week in Canada, fell to Sorana Cirstea, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-4.
Rafael Nadal, sidelined since withdrawing from Wimbledon with an abdominal tear, practiced before a large crowd. The 22-time Grand Slam champion is scheduled to play a second-round match on Wednesday.
In a men’s first-round match, Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5, 6-4.
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An East Oakland church that promotes the use of psychedelic plants and cannabis to connect with God filed a civil rights suit against Oakland after a police raid two years ago.
The Zide Door Church of Entheogenic Plants filed a lawsuit Friday in federal court alleging that the city, the Oakland Police Department and an Oakland police officer violated the First and 14th amendments by discriminating against the church’s religious beliefs, according to the complaint.
The complaint stems from a 2020 incident in which Oakland police raided the nondescript beige building at 1216 10th Ave. near East 12th Street and confiscated about $200,000 worth of mushrooms and cannabis and some cash. The sworn affidavit, attached in the complaint, states that police swarmed the church after receiving reports that it was operating as a cannabis dispensary without a permit.
City Attorney Barbara Parker said her office has not been served with the complaint yet. The Oakland Police Department said it does not comment on pending litigation.
The suit sets the stage for a legal battle that tests the limits of religious freedoms, in a city that is expanding its access to controlled substances — even though psychedelic plants are still illegal under state and federal law.
There are some risks with using psychedelics, but they’re not as big as was once thought. A small percentage of people who are prone to serious mental illness can be at risk of a psychotic episode, but more generally, anyone can have a bad trip, researchers say.
On its website, the Zide Door Church says it follows a nondenominational, interfaith religion called The Church of Ambrosia. The Oakland church first opened its doors in 2019 after Oakland passed a resolution the same year that decriminalized certain natural psychedelics, including mushrooms, and instructed law enforcement to stop investigating and prosecuting people using the drugs. The resolution does not authorize commercial sales or manufacturing of the plants.
Church founder Dave Hodges said when the church opened, he conducted weekly sermons at the Oakland building, but basically stopped during the pandemic. During the sermons, he dressed in robes adorned with pictures of cannabis plants and talked about “the insights” he experienced when going into “these deep realms” after taking mushrooms.
Prior to COVID, Hodges would pass out joints to his members before giving his sermon. The church does not allow people to take mushrooms onsite due to safety issues and instead encourages people to take psychedelics in a place where they won’t have to drive for at least eight hours.
Since the pandemic, Hodges said he has had only one in-person sermon — in February — with about two dozen people.
Hodges said he doesn’t sell drugs. Instead, members of the church pay a $5 membership fee per month and donate money to get the church’s sacrament — cannabis or mushrooms, which the church grows. Hodges said he has issued almost 60,000 membership cards total and that on average, up to 200 people come per day to the church to pick up cannabis or mushrooms.
Hodges said the lawsuit is intended to hold the police department accountable for “illegally” raiding the church and that the city must respect their religious beliefs. In the complaint, the church says that because the parishioners use the substances as their sacrament, the raid amounted to a violation of their religious freedoms.
Hodges argues that the First Amendment and 14th Amendment exempts the church from obtaining the same permits as a traditional dispensary though he said “it would be nice” to get a permit from the city so the police is forced to “leave us alone.”
His lawsuit also states that the city’s “denial of any application” for “their operations” violates their rights to freely exercise their religion and that the defendants violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
“This is not just an excuse to sell drugs,” said Hodges. “This is what we truly believe is the origin of all religion and really what religion should be.”
Video footage of the raid shows nearly a dozen officers, some with guns drawn, approaching the church’s doors. The surveillance video then shows the church’s security officers walking outside with their hands raised. Inside the church, firefighters use what looks like an electric saw to bust into a safe.
The police department confiscated $200,000 worth of cannabis and mushrooms, and some cash and computer equipment. Hodges said he still has not recovered the drugs, the money or the computers from the police department.
“We are just glad they didn’t burn down the building doing what they did,” Hodges said, adding that the raid resulted in at least $50,000 of damage to the building.
He is seeking unspecified damages and hopes to to recover some of what was lost in the raid, as well as attorneys fees.
Hodges’ argument will rest on whether he can convince a judge that he and his members truly use entheogenic plants as part of communion and whether their beliefs are, in fact, rooted in religion.
Members must first apply by filling out an application that asks whether they work for law enforcement or any other government agency, and whether they believe adults should have a safe place to use or acquire entheogenic plants. The church doesn’t limit how much sacrament a member can get, it “all depends on what they need to do their own work,” Hodges said.
Hodges said he and his members sincerely hold their beliefs. And the church creates a “progressive and creative worship experience for its members, offering meditation, prayer and study groups,” the complaint states. “Central and essential” to their religion is the “sincere, sacramental use of entheogenic plants, and fungi, including cannabis and psilocybin.”
His religion is rooted in the belief that more than 2 million years ago, ancestors stumbled upon mushrooms and came up with the world’s first religions after experiencing the entheogenic plant.
Taking mushrooms now allows him to experience God, he said.
Hodges said he takes a very high dose of mushrooms, which he says allows him to go through “every dimension, heaven, hell and everything in between” to end up in a “space of pure light.”
“Nothing exists but one consciousness, which is the consciousness that I call God,” Hodges said. “We do believe that this is the truest form of religion — having your own direct experience with God.”
Jesse Choper, a law professor at UC Berkeley, said if the church’s religion requires the use of cannabis or mushrooms then the plaintiffs may have a case.
“If it’s not a sham business, I would say the smokers got a pretty good case,” he said.
Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of UC Berkeley’s law school, disagreed, saying there is no exception to laws for religious beliefs and in this case, state law prevails.
“The bottom line is that a First Amendment defense is unlikely to succeed to a state law prosecution,” he said by email.
Sarah Ravani (she/her) is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: sravani@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @SarRavani | https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/Oakland-church-sues-city-after-police-raided-17378114.php | 2022-08-16T23:38:35Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/Oakland-church-sues-city-after-police-raided-17378114.php | false |
It’s 10 years this week since I started high school and my life has taken me in directions I couldn’t have imagined back then.
There will be lots of young people thinking about their own paths this week as the schools go back for the new term.
Others will be wondering what lies ahead after they got their exam results last week.
Some of them might feel nervous about what’s ahead.
But I hope my own experience shows that when it comes to education and career choices there really is no wrong path.
My time in school was interesting – much of it enjoyable but much of it difficult too.
My favourite subject was modern studies.
But I struggled at maths as a result of my dyscalculia – a specific and persistent difficulty in understanding numbers.
I’d already launched the Dundee Culture social media account by the time I was in high school and I always thought I would have a career in computing or media.
But every time exams came up, my anxiety grew, and I thought I would fail them all.
I worked hard at getting a Higher in modern studies. And I excelled in my prelim but when it came to the proper exam, I was overwhelmed and could not finish it.
I did appeal successfully though. And I left school with a combined total of 10 qualifications, mostly National 4s, ranging from graphic communication to media, modern studies to administration and IT.
For me, advice and support was key to starting out after high school
After leaving school, I applied for several modern apprenticeships in computing and social media.
I was unsuccessful each time.
I applied for jobs with cultural organisations in Dundee and failed to get a job interview.
So I did some volunteering and took advice from the Dundee Employment Unit on what directions to take next.
A year after leaving school, I met my mentor Irene Duncan who is fantastic.
Irene’s knowledge has helped me learn so many things and I am lucky to have her.
Career paths don’t have to go in straight lines
Looking back on the 10 years since I started high school, I’m surprised by where I am now.
I’m running Dundee Culture – one of the largest social media platforms in my home city.
I’m working for Dundee Heritage Trust as a digital content officer.
And I’m writing a weekly column in the local paper.
😱 Fun fact, work on the @VADundee started on the SAME DAY Dundee Culture started. Good to know that both share the same anniversary! #DundeeCultureDay pic.twitter.com/R0pKvEYLNp
— Dundee Culture (@DundeeCulture) August 12, 2022
I never imagined I’d be doing any of these things when I started out in first year.
And I do not know what the future holds – but that is exciting.
Because I’ve already learned that life can take you in unexpected directions.
And you might end up doing something that you love.
Advice for anyone starting high school – or starting over
If I had to give any advice to a young person starting high school for the first time, I would say take one day at a time.
Each day is unique.
And it won’t always be easy.
But there are always people who will look out for you, from your family to the friends you haven’t made yet and, of course, your teachers.
And to those who are older and are thinking of a career change, the same applies.
There is plenty of time to study and learn. And there are many options and routes to take to where you want to be.
Lastly, and probably most importantly, be kind to others and to yourself.
At the end of the day, there really is no wrong path.
ANDREW BATCHELOR: Bring back Dundee’s Beanotown sign – but put it somewhere else | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/3593959/advice-for-starting-high-school-andrew-batchelor-opinion/ | 2022-08-16T23:41:21Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/3593959/advice-for-starting-high-school-andrew-batchelor-opinion/ | true |
Comedian Jerry Sadowitz has hit back at the Edinburgh Fringe venue which cancelled his show, claiming it “cheapened and simplified” his work.
The Pleasance axed the second of his two nights on Saturday after saying it had recieved an “unprecedented” number of complaints and “abuse” was directed at some of its staff.
American-born Scottish stand-up Sadowitz is a veteran of the Fringe and known for his provocative performances, which often include magic.
His latest show, titled Not for Anyone, was billed as featuring “whacky impressions of Greta Thunberg, Frankie Boyle and deep vein thrombosis” and saw the comedian expose himself to the audience.
The venue said his show was “extreme in its racism, sexism, homophobia and misogyny” and the language used on its stage was “completely unacceptable”.
Writing on his Twitter page, Sadowitz said: “I don’t wish to humiliate The Pleasance but they are doubling down on their position and I don’t want to be made the victim of that.
“I repeat… I did a 75 minute show for 600 people that went pretty well and left with no hint of anything going wrong.
“In addition to now being told there were multiple walkouts and ‘abuse of staff’ my act is now being cheapened and simplified as unsafe, homophobic, misogynistic and racist.”
Sadowitz said he was “offended” by those who “stormed out” without properly listening to his material.
He added: “I ask nobody to agree with anything I say or do on stage… God forbid they should end up like me… and I have never ONCE courted a mainstream audience to come to my shows because guess what??? In real life, I really DON’T don’t want to upset anyone… including (director of the Pleasance Theatre Trust) Anthony Alderson.
“The show is what it is, for those who enjoy it. The rest of you… please stick to Carry On films.”
He added in a postscript: “If the Pleasance can’t apologise to me they should at least apologise to the 300 people who paid for and travelled to see the show on Saturday.”
Sadowitz previously said on Facebook that he had not seen any walk-outs and that he was “truly sorry” for those who had travelled to see his Saturday show.
The Pleasance’s decision to cancel Sadowitz’s second show prompted concern from fellow comics including Richard Herring, Katherine Ryan and Al Murray.
Herring, who has cited Sadowitz as an influence, wrote on his blog that to complain about him being offensive “is like asking the actor who plays Macbeth to be arrested for murder”.
Ryan said it was “very strange” to cancel a performance for “apparent offence” when there was a content warning on the booking page.
The venue’s original listing carried the warning: “This show contains strong language and themes some may find distressing.”
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GREEN BAY, Wis., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Associated Banc-Corp (NYSE: ASB) announced today that Andy Harmening, President and CEO, and Derek Meyer, Executive Vice President and CFO, will meet with investors during the Raymond James U.S. Bank and Banking on Tech Conferences in Chicago, IL on September 7-8, 2022.
Management will also meet with investors during the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference in New York, NY on September 12-14, 2022, and will make a presentation during the conference on September 14, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. ET. Interested parties can access a live webcast of the presentation through the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://investor.associatedbank.com. A replay of the presentation will be accessible for 90 days after the presentation date.
Third quarter investor materials will be made available prior to both events and can be accessed through the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://investor.associatedbank.com.
ABOUT ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Associated Banc-Corp (NYSE: ASB) has total assets of $37 billion and is the largest bank holding company based in Wisconsin. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Associated is a leading Midwest banking franchise, offering a full range of financial products and services from more than 200 banking locations serving more than 100 communities throughout Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota. The company also operates loan production offices in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio and Texas. Associated Bank, N.A. is an Equal Housing Lender, Equal Opportunity Lender and Member FDIC. More information about Associated Banc-Corp is available at www.associatedbank.com.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements made in this document which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This includes any statements regarding management's plans, objectives, or goals for future operations, products or services, and forecasts of its revenues, earnings, or other measures of performance. Such forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "plan," "estimate," "should," "will," "intend," "target," "outlook," "project," "guidance," or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on current management expectations and, by their nature, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Factors which may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in such forward-looking statements include those identified in the Company's most recent Form 10-K and subsequent SEC filings. Such factors are incorporated herein by reference.
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LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) — The three people killed in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 101 near Lincoln City have been identified.
Claude Segerson, 69, Matthew Phillips, 31, and Christopher Padilla, 30, all of the Oregon town of Otis, died Monday, Oregon State Police said.
The crash happened about 10:40 a.m., 2 miles north of Lincoln Beach.
Police said the initial investigation shows Phillips was southbound in a Chevrolet S-19 Blazer when he crossed the highway’s center line and hit a Freightliner Dump Truck head-on.
The truck, driven by Segerson, was sent down an embankment, while the Blazer stopped in the northbound lanes, police said. Both drivers and Phillips’ passenger, Padilla, were pronounced dead at the scene. | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/names-of-3-killed-in-collision-along-oregon-coast-released/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news | 2022-08-16T23:43:48Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/names-of-3-killed-in-collision-along-oregon-coast-released/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news | false |
Ex-congressman from California arrested, charged with fraud
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A former U.S. congressman from central California was arrested Tuesday by federal agents on wire fraud, money laundering, and campaign contribution fraud charges stemming from “multiple fraud schemes,” federal prosecutors said.
Terrance “T.J.” Cox was arrested by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigations in Fresno, where he was booked to the Fresno County jail on a U.S. Marshals hold, jail records showed. It was not immediately known if he has an attorney who can speak on his behalf. An email message sent to Cox Tuesday was not immediately answered.
Cox, a Democrat, represented the 21st Congressional District from January 2019 to January 2021. The district is in the agriculture-rich San Joaquin Valley and includes Kings County and portions of Fresno, Kern and Tulare counties.
Cox, 59, was charged with 15 counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering, one count of financial institution fraud, and one count of campaign contribution fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip Talbert said in a statement.
Talbert said that between 2013 and 2018, Cox allegedly obtained $1.7 million from funds he solicited from clients and loans he got for his companies and then stole by diverting the money to “off-the-book bank accounts.”
Cox partially owned, managed and was employed by several companies and non-profit organizations, including a business that helped companies get loans and federal tax credits, an almond processing company and a non-profit that operated Granite Park, a recreation facility in Fresno, according to the complaint.
Cox also fraudulently obtained a $1.5 million construction loan to develop Granite Park, Talbert said.
After his nonprofit could not qualify for the construction loan for the recreation facility without a party guaranteeing the loan, Cox said that one of the companies he co-owned would guarantee the loan, and submitted a fabricated board resolution that falsely stated that during a meeting all company owners had agreed to guarantee the Granite Park loan.
“No meeting took place, and the other owners did not agree to back the loan,” Talbert said.
The loan later went into default, causing a loss of more than $1.28 million, he said.
According to the indictment, when Cox was campaigning in 2017 for the U.S. House of Representatives he reimbursed family members and associates for donations to his campaign, prosecutors said. Cox arranged for over $25,000 in illegal straw or conduit donations to his campaign, Talbert said.
If convicted, Cox faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for wire fraud and money laundering, and up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine for wire fraud affecting a financial institution. The charge of campaign contribution fraud carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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Adults over 50 and clinically vulnerable people will be offered the first Covid-19 jab to target two strains of the virus, as part of the UK’s autumn booster programme.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said that Moderna’s new bivalent vaccine, which targets both the original Covid strain and the Omicron variant, will be part of the rollout from early September.
People over the age of five who are classed as most at risk from the virus will be eligible, as will their household contacts, NHS frontline and care home staff and carers aged 16 or over.
The UK became the first nation to authorise the vaccine, described as “next generation” by experts, when the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved it on Monday.
Mr Barclay said those eligible for the autumn booster rollout would be contacted from early September.
He said: “I have accepted the independent advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on which vaccines should be offered in this autumn’s booster programme.
“This includes a Moderna bivalent vaccine which will target two different variants – the Omicron and original strain of Covid.
“Vaccines remain our best defence against Covid, and this safe and effective vaccine will broaden immunity and potentially improve protections against some variants as we learn to live with this virus.
“Our vaccine rollout to date has been world leading – it has already saved countless lives and reduced the pressure on the NHS.
“We will begin to contact those eligible from early September, and I would urge people to come forward as soon as they are invited so together we can keep each other safe and protect our NHS.”
Stephane Bancel, chief executive of Moderna, described it as a “next generation Covid-19 vaccine” which will play an “important role in protecting people in the UK from Covid-19” over the winter.
Mr Bancel said: “We are delighted with the MHRA’s authorisation of Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron, our next generation Covid-19 vaccine.
“This represents the first authorisation of an Omicron-containing bivalent vaccine, further highlighting the dedication and leadership of the UK public health authorities in helping to end the Covid-19 pandemic.
“This bivalent vaccine has an important role to play in protecting people in the UK from Covid-19 as we enter the winter months.”
Moderna’s chief medical officer, Dr Paul Burton, previously said the new jab can boost a person’s antibodies to such high levels that it may only be needed annually.
The MHRA said that the vaccine’s side effects are the same as those seen in the original Moderna booster dose and were typically mild.
Chief executive Dr June Raine described it as “a sharpened tool in our armoury” protecting the UK against Covid-19.
Dr Raine said: “The first generation of Covid-19 vaccines being used in the UK continue to provide important protection against the disease and save lives.
“What this bivalent vaccine gives us is a sharpened tool in our armoury to help protect us against this disease as the virus continues to evolve.”
Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed, chairman of the Commission on Human Medicines, an independent body sponsored by the DHSC to advise ministers on medicinal products, said the vaccine was safe to use.
He added that since coronavirus is “continually evolving in order to evade the immunity provided by vaccines” constant updates to the jabs are needed.
Prof Pirmohamed said that a recent paper in the Lancet medical journal suggested that coronavirus vaccines have prevented up to 20 million deaths in their first year of use.
Stephen Evans, pharmacoepidemiology professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, added that the jab is based on the original Moderna jab, developed to target Omicron.
Prof Evans said: “This vaccine contains two components; the first is the original Moderna Covid vaccine for which there is both very large clinical trial data and massive experience following its introduction in many countries including the UK.
“The second is a modification of that original vaccine targeted at the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 which is a new component.”
Moderna said it has also completed its applications for regulatory approval of the booster in Australia, Canada, and the EU.
The Royal College of General Practitioners said that participation in the Covid vaccination programme for GP practices is optional and many have taken part in the rollout.
Some practices which have been dealing with intense workloads and workforce pressures may have felt unable to take part, it added. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3595912/next-generation-covid-booster-jab-to-be-offered-to-adults-over-50-from-autumn/ | 2022-08-16T23:49:15Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3595912/next-generation-covid-booster-jab-to-be-offered-to-adults-over-50-from-autumn/ | false |
SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading national fire litigation firm Singleton Schreiber filed a lawsuit against PacifiCorp alleging the utility company is responsible for the McKinney Fire, which was ignited by its poorly maintained utility infrastructure.
The suit claims PacifiCorp is responsible for the deaths of the plaintiffs' loved ones, property damage (including cherished possessions), serious out-of-pocket expenses for those impacted by the fires, evacuation expenses, medical bills, loss of business income, and much more. All of this as the result of the utility's negligence.
The complaint was filed on behalf of hundreds of individuals who owned property and/or lived in and near Siskiyou County, California. Their homes, businesses, and, in some cases, lives were destroyed when the 60,000+ acre fire tore through the area and resulted in four deaths.
"To date, four people have lost their lives in a fire that was entirely avoidable," said Gerald Singleton, Managing Partner of Singleton Schreiber. "Every fire season, California is overrun by deaths, injuries, financial disasters, charred homes and ruined lives as a result of utilities such as PacifiCorp putting profits over safety. This is the second time in the last two years that PacifiCorp has started a fire that killed citizens of Siskiyou County."
According to the complaint, PacifiCorp, caused utility infrastructure contact creating sparks that ignited dry vegetation and debris. Severe thunderstorms slowed the fire's growth due to heavy rain but brought upon mudslides and triggered floods in parts of the burn scar. As it was PacifiCorp's responsibility to manage these utility lines, easements and other right of way issues, PacifiCorp is accused of completely failing in its obligation to maintain its equipment.
The resulting disaster caused damage to more than 100 homes, 11 buildings and has destroyed 185 structures catastrophically impacting the local community. The financial impact has not yet been reported but will likely be significant due to the scope of the blaze.
"The people who lived in the area in and around the McKinney Fire had their lives changed forever, PacifiCorp owes it to them to make this right," said attorney Christopher R. Rodriguez. "This lawsuit cannot bring back loved ones, but it can hold this utility accountable for its own failure to meet basic safety standards."
This case is Beverly U. Bridges v. PacifiCorp, Sacramento Superior Court.
With more than 100 employees and offices throughout the western United States, Gerald Singleton and his team have represented more than 12,000 victims of utility fires and has recovered approximately $2 billion in settlements and verdicts for its clients. The firm currently represents thousands of victims of the numerous fires in New Mexico, California, and Oregon. For more information, please visit https://singletonschreiber.com/california-fire-damage-attorneys/.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities say they have busted an organized crime racket reminiscent of the Mafia’s heyday, involving illegal gambling parlors in New York City and Long Island and a police detective accused of helping to protect the lucrative schemes.
Two indictments unsealed Tuesday charged nine people, including the detective, with crimes such as racketeering, illegal gambling, money laundering conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Nicknames of the defendants included “Joe Fish,” “Sal the Shoemaker” and “Joe Box.”
The top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn said the racketeers operated from fronts including a coffee bar, a soccer club and a shoe repair shop.
“Today’s arrests of members from two La Cosa Nostra crime families demonstrate that the Mafia continues to pollute our communities with illegal gambling, extortion and violence while using our financial system in service to their criminal schemes,” U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said.
He called the detective’s alleged conduct “shameful.”
The Nassau County Police Department detective, Hector Rosario, is accused of accepting money from the Bonanno crime family in exchange for steering police raids toward competing gambling clubs.
A lawyer for Rosario did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment about Rosario and the charges against him, which include obstructing a grand jury investigation and lying to the FBI.
While the heyday of organized crime is long past in New York — and many types of gambling that were once the exclusive domain of the Mafia are now legal in the state — Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly said the indictments were proof that “organized crime is alive and well in our communities.”
She said the Genovese and Bonanno organized crime families were alleged to have operated secret underground gambling parlors since 2012 in local businesses, “generating substantial amounts of money in back rooms while families unknowingly shopped and ate mere feet away.”
Michael Driscoll, head of New York’s FBI office, said members of the five organized crime families “demonstrate every day they are not averse to working together to further their illicit schemes, using the same tired methods to squeeze money from their victims.”
“Our active investigations show the Mafia refuses to learn from history,” Driscoll added, “and accept that at some point they will face justice for their crimes.” | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/feds-members-of-two-new-york-crime-families-and-a-detective-indicted-in-mafia-led-racket/ | 2022-08-16T23:54:06Z | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/feds-members-of-two-new-york-crime-families-and-a-detective-indicted-in-mafia-led-racket/ | true |
Cereal was the case that they gave you — if you opt to purchase Snoop Dogg's new cereal line "Snoop Loopz" from the company he co-founded with fellow rap icon Percy "Master P" Miller.
Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, and Miller founded the company Broadus Foods in honor of Snoop Dogg's mother, Beverly "Mama Snoop" Tate, according to the company's website.
"BROADUS FOODS is more than a family-owned food product company, it’s a movement to making a difference in the lives of families and communities," a statement on the website says. "Broadus Foods was founded to continue Mama Snoop’s legacy of her generous love and passion for feeding families in our communities."
Broadus Foods says it will support charitable organizations like Door of Hope, a California-based non-profit working to help families out of homelessness, with every purchase.
"The more we make the more we give," Miller wrote in an Instagram post. "Berry delicious Fo Shizzle!"
The company also offers a line of "Momma Snoop" breakfast foods, including maple syrup, oatmeal, pancake mix and grits. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/snoop-dogg-enters-breakfast-game-with-snoop-loopz-cereal-that-master-p-calls-berry-delicious-fo-shizzle/3049987/ | 2022-08-16T23:57:12Z | https://www.nbcdfw.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/snoop-dogg-enters-breakfast-game-with-snoop-loopz-cereal-that-master-p-calls-berry-delicious-fo-shizzle/3049987/ | true |
Sir Andrew Strauss has warned that English cricket needs to be ready to react as the “tectonic plates” of the world game continue to shift.
Speaking ahead of this week’s Lord’s Test against South Africa, during which the home of cricket will once again turn ‘red for Ruth’ in honour of the former England captain’s late wife and the foundation he set up in her name, Strauss acknowledged the established order was under threat.
With Twenty20 leagues demanding more and more time in the calendar, Test cricket’s primacy on the wane outside of the so-called ‘big three’ of England, India and Australia and players increasingly being forced to choose a path, the outlook is altering rapidly.
And Strauss, who is chairing a high-performance review at the England and Wales Cricket Board in his role as strategic advisor, accepts the governing body has work to do the protect its status.
“The game of cricket has changed and evolved and developed since the beginning of time but it definitely feels like, right at the moment, the rate of change is increasing,” he said.
“The proliferation of T20 leagues and the shifting tectonic plates is a very live issue – the cricket world around us is changing unbelievably quickly.
“Every day, every week, every month, we’re seeing a new example of how that world is changing around us. And I suppose one thing that we’re having to ask ourselves the questions of in this country is, where does our game fit into all of that?
“I think one of the things that we need to be conscious of in the game in this country is we have to be nimble and adaptable. We can’t afford to be slow moving and have our heads in the sand.
“I think that’s really important that we set ourselves up in this country, we set the game up in a way that allows us to be flexible and adaptable. Because if players have got many opportunities, which some of our players have, they will always look at those opportunities side by side won’t they and decide what’s best for them and you don’t hold that against them.”
“So we need to continue promoting all the brilliant things that cricket in this country offers players – we want to have a strong vibrant domestic game and we want to make sure the players are playing the right balance of formats as well, so that it’s not all drifting down that white-ball short form route.
“There’s still plenty of players that want to commit and challenge themselves to be the best Test cricketers they can be.
“For the most part, cricketers have it as good as they’ve ever had it at the moment, in terms of financial opportunities, but also opportunities to do great things and be remembered for what you do – which is equally important.”
In the more immediate term, Strauss’ energies will be poured into delivering the Ruth Strauss Foundation’s fourth annual fundraising and awareness event.
Once again, players, supporters and fans will be turning out in red in support of the charity’s work supporting the families of those affected by non-smoking lung cancers.
“Every year we’ve just been blown away by the support we’ve received. It’s always surpassed our expectations,” he said.
“One thing we’re focussed on is delivering on the mission and in order to do that we need funds to allow us to do that.
“We know we’ll get fantastic support again this year and hopefully, as we’ve said every year, the Red For Ruth day and the Test match adds to the spectacle of the cricket as well and therefore it makes the whole thing a great occasion as well as a fundraising thing for us.
“If it’s a cause that registers and connects with people I’m sure they’ll want to support it. Hopefully people remain connected to the cause.
“Anyone who has a family, the idea of losing a parent is an awful situation to go through so if we can make that journey easier for people, as brutal as it is, it’s worth us spending the time to try and facilitate that.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3595816/english-cricket-needs-to-react-as-world-game-continues-to-shift-andrew-strauss/ | 2022-08-16T23:58:26Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3595816/english-cricket-needs-to-react-as-world-game-continues-to-shift-andrew-strauss/ | false |
SPRINGFIELD — In a series of downstate news conferences coinciding with the Illinois State Fair, Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week gave an update on the possibility of a special session, outlined new state infrastructure investments and announced a new program for some Illinoisans over age 55.
While the governor quickly announced he would call a special session after the landmark Supreme Court case Roe vs. Wade was overturned in June, lawmakers have thus far not scheduled any return to the Capitol.
Last week, Pritzker wasn’t any clearer as to when he expected lawmakers to return to address issues such as abortion rights and gun violence.
“As you know, the working groups are hard at work in the House of Representatives, working on various aspects of legislation, working with advocates, listening to them,” he said. “And so we're cautiously optimistic that they'll be able to come up with ideas for us to be able to bring forward in a special session, or in veto session, or some of it may even be in the new year.”
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On Tuesday, Pritzker was asked about session again, noting he was in favor of banning high-capacity magazines and assault-style weapons like the ones used in the Highland Park July 4 shooting.
But, he said, measures passed after May 31 need three-fifths supermajorities to become law immediately once signed. Bills passed with simple majorities after that date cannot take effect until June 1 of the following year, or in this case June 1, 2023. Measures passed after Jan. 1, however, can take effect immediately on a simple majority vote.
“So the question is, can they come up with a compromise or bills that will meet my requirements that could get done before the new session, and that's what I'm looking for,” he said.
The regular veto session is scheduled for Nov. 15 through 17 and Nov. 29 through Dec. 1.
Mainstreet improvements
In his latest celebration of state infrastructure funding, Pritzker stopped in Alton on Monday to highlight a $106 million state investment in revitalization of main streets across Illinois. It will be met by $109 million in other matching funds, for a total investment of $215 million.
The state was able to double its initial planned $50 million investments in the program to $106 million due to funding made available through the federal American Rescue Plan Act, according to the governor’s office.
The grants will be made through the state’s Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in more than 50 communities with a maximum allotment of $3 million.
The funding is aimed at modernizing downtowns, addressing long-awaited infrastructure needs and boosting local economies, Pritzker said.
In Alton, that includes $3 million for the renovation of downtown space for a business incubator. In Rantoul in Champaign County, it included $3 million for downtown improvements, infrastructure upgrades and implementation of a master plan.
Over $2 million will go to Carbondale for downtown arts and entertainment district improvements, while Carrollton, in Greene County, will see $1.9 million for courthouse improvements.
The funding for Rebuild Illinois’ building infrastructure component comes from an expansion of gambling in the state, as well as an increase to cigarette taxes and parking taxes. Those measures have all been in place since 2019.
Law enforcement campus
Pritzker also stopped in Belleville Monday to announce a plan for a new law enforcement-focused campus in partnership with the city of Belleville, Southwestern Illinois College, the Illinois State Police, and Southern Illinois University.
The Southwestern Illinois Justice and Workforce Development Campus will be located at a site which once housed Lindenwood University’s undergraduate program.
The city of Belleville purchased the building through a $3 million DCEO grant, and SWIC was allocated $5.9 million from the Illinois Community College Board to operate the facility.
Beginning in the fall of 2022, according to the governor’s office, SWIC will launch a new police training academy at the site. It will host 125 to 130 cadets in the inaugural class, and the site could host more SWIC criminal justice programs in the future.
PACE program
On Senior Day at the fair Monday, Pritzker and representatives from the Illinois Department of Human Services announced the state’s participation in a Medicare- and Medicaid-funded program aimed at giving Illinoisans aged 55 and older in certain communities an alternative to nursing home care.
The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, or PACE, will be available to Illinoisans age 55 and older who qualify for Medicaid and Medicare in West Chicago, South Chicago, Southern Cook County, Peoria and East St. Louis.
The program provides coordinated medical care and social services to adults who fit those categories and qualify for nursing home care but can safely live at home.
It’s a federal program that Illinois tried to participate in in the 1990s, IDHS Director Theresa Eagleson said, but participation was minimal. Pritzker said 31 states already have such programs in place.
“Seniors who enroll in PACE will receive interdisciplinary and comprehensive services right in their communities right at home,” Pritzker said. “That's everything from home and personal care to individualize specialty medical care and diagnostic services.”
The governor’s office said the programs are expected to be up and running in Fiscal Year 2024, which begins in July 2023. The funding comes from a redistribution of existing resources within the state’s managed care program. | https://herald-review.com/pritzker-talks-session-timeline-highlights-infrastructure-spending/article_c181ad90-1dae-11ed-a4ac-4f948b875f84.html | 2022-08-17T00:00:46Z | https://herald-review.com/pritzker-talks-session-timeline-highlights-infrastructure-spending/article_c181ad90-1dae-11ed-a4ac-4f948b875f84.html | true |
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News is getting into the movies by producing its first feature film, an adaptation of “The Shell Collector” from romance novelist Nancy Naigle.
The movie, which debuts Sept. 1, is the first of four films planned over the next year on the Fox Nation streaming service, the network said Tuesday. The next film will be timed for the holidays.
“The Shell Collector” is described as a heartwarming story about a widow with two children who attempts to find a new life in their seaside town following the death of her husband. Caitlin Clark, Christopher Russell and Jennifer Higgins are featured actors in the film, produced with Cartel Pictures.
Fox follows CNN, which has its own active CNN Films division that makes documentaries.
Several of Naigle's holiday books have been made into movies by the Hallmark Channel. | https://www.ourmidland.com/entertainment/article/Fox-News-gets-into-movies-with-story-from-romance-17377415.php | 2022-08-17T00:06:04Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/entertainment/article/Fox-News-gets-into-movies-with-story-from-romance-17377415.php | false |
On Saturday, Aug. 20, Us Helping Us, People Into Living, Inc., the local nonprofit organization focused on HIV/AIDS prevention and advocating for holistic health approaches within the Black LGBTQ community, will partner with Impulse Group DC and Gilead Sciences to host the second annual Prince George’s County Pride Block Party at the D.E.N.I.M. Collection in Landover, Maryland.
“The purpose of the block party is to have the LGBTQ community come out, have a safe space,” says Terrell Carter, a community health worker with Us Helping Us. “I know a lot of people have been indoors, haven’t been able to get out due to concerns over COVID and monkeypox. So this is a space where everyone can come together.”
The event, which begins at 5 p.m., will feature a dunk tank, a couple of waterslides, a basketball court, and a live DJ. Catered food will be provided, as well as grilled food. Vendors will set up booths or tables to sell their wares to event attendees. Admission to the event is free.
“We may do a little bit of an after party, just after 10 p.m., where the DJ will have music playing in the parking lot, where people can literally wind down as they leave,” says Carter.
In keeping with Us Helping Us’s mission, the organization, in conjunction with Gilead Sciences, will be offering full HIV and STI panel testings, as well as a rapid PrEP intervention clinic. Incentives will be provided for those who undergo a full screening, with $25 incentives for a full panel test, and $75 incentives for those who wish to get started on PrEP.
Other partner organizations for the event include ViiV Healthcare and AIDS Health Foundation.
“The block party is open to all event, and marks the second part of our annual Pride celebration,” says Carter. “Honestly, it’s just for people to have a good time, to relax, to let their hair down, for free.”
The PG County Pride Block Party will be held from 5-10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20 at the D.E.N.I.M. Collection, 8240 Professional Pl., in Landover, Maryland. For more information, visit www.ushelpingus.org, or follow the organization on Facebook at www.facebook.com/uhupil and on Twitter at @uhupil.
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Tom Holland announces break from social media for mental health reasons
(CNN) – He’s a popular actor best known for his role as Spider-Man and he has millions of social media followers.
But this week, Tom Holland announced that he stepped away from Instagram and Twitter for his mental health.
In a video posted on Instagram, Holland said social media has been detrimental to his mental state, so he’s taking a step back.
“I find Instagram and Twitter to be overstimulating, to be overwhelming,” he said. “I get caught up, and I spiral when I read things about me online.”
Holland has more than 67 million followers on Instagram and more than 7 million on Twitter but hasn’t posted that often.
Arianna Galligher, associate director at the Ohio State’s Star Trauma Recovery Center, said spending too much time on social media can affect your ability to live happily. Instead, you just end up getting a running commentary on it.
“Human beings are social creatures by nature, but just like all things, there is too much of a good thing,” she said.
Galligher said being on social media may not be a good idea in general for some people since it doesn’t bring them the connection or joy they may be seeking.
For others, stepping back and re-engaging in an intentional way may work better. She said she hopes others will follow Holland’s lead.
“Just being able to say, ‘I’m struggling,’ and being able to find out you’re not alone in that is very powerful,” Galligher said.
Holland’s candid video prompted praise from fans and fellow celebrities, including singer Justin Bieber, who commented, “I love you, man.”
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Trial paused for JeffCo judge accused of disobeying state sanction
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WBRC) - Attorneys hit pause on Jefferson County Circuit Judge Tracie Todd’s trial on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. The trial was scheduled for two days but will require additional time.
Todd was standing trial for reportedly violating multiple Canons of Judicial Ethics.
BACKGROUND
- Todd was found guilty of violating several Canons of Judicial Ethics in December 2021 following an eight-month paid suspension.
- Todd was reinstated in December 2021 and ordered by the Court of the Judiciary, a panel of nine judges who hear judicial complaints, to serve 90 days without pay.
- A new complaint was filed against Todd three months later alleging she disobeyed that order and misled the court. The Judicial Inquiry Commission or JIC, investigates complaints against judges. If it’s believed a judge violated a Canon of Judicial Ethics, the JIC will file a lawsuit and the judge is immediately suspended with pay until the case is adjudicated.
Read more about day 1 of the trial here.
DAY 2
Day two of the trial focused on Todd’s absence following her reinstatement and the impact that had on fellow circuit judges and attorneys.
Todd’s legal team maintains Todd was in Chicago, where her husband lives, prior to her reinstatement in December 2021. Shortly after she was ordered to return to the courtroom, Todd experienced family sickness and was required to quarantine. She later fell ill and didn’t return to Alabama until mid-February.
The JIC alleges the lack of communication from Todd during this time created confusion and frustration at the courthouse. Testimony indicated some of the cases that were assigned back to Todd’s docket after her reinstatement weren’t reset by her office, prompting attorneys and defendants to show up to court and she wasn’t present. Other JIC witnesses explained Todd failed to log into the state’s court software, Alacourt, from December until March.
Jefferson County Circuit Judges Michael Streety, Ketchia Davis, Teresa Pulliam and Elizabeth French were called by the JIC to testify.
Davis and Pulliam spoke to the confusion they encountered when attorneys and defendants showed up to Todd’s courtroom for a hearing and no one was present or couldn’t get an answer on the disposition of their cases.
“Defendants were showing up to me, I would have my bailiff go up with them [to Todd’s courtroom] and on occasion the office was dark and doors were locked,” Pulliam stated.
The Court of the Judiciary asked the judges how often they logged into Alacourt, what they monitored there and how often they were at the courthouse. All stated they logged in daily and responded to motions.
“If you don’t go through there and tend to those motions, they will stack up,” explained Pulliam.
Most judges testified they worked in the courthouse through the early stages of COVID by conducting virtual hearings from their offices, though most are now conducting all business in person.
Jefferson County Assistant District Attorney Amanda Wineman testified about an urgent hearing needed for a case that was transferred back to Todd’s docket. In this situation, Judge Streety was on duty for emergency hearings and heard this case which had immediate implications involving victims of child abuse.
Todd’s team referred back to emails during cross examination that indicated Todd was in communication and was working virtually in Chicago. The JIC in turn pointed back to emails where Todd failed to address direct questions about how to address attorneys and prosecutors who were asking questions about her docket. While her office didn’t have direct information on Todd’s docket and when it would resume, most knew all urgent matters involving Todd’s cases would need to go before the on-call judge.
The defense began calling witnesses Tuesday afternoon. They called Jefferson County District Judges William Bell and Katrina Ross.
Bell spoke to his decades-long relationship with Todd and testified that he found her trustworthy. When the defense asked if she lied, Bell paused and replied ‘no.’
Ross’s courtroom operates differently than other judges who testified Tuesday. Her judicial assistant enters orders on her behalf, something Todd’s assistant also did to help during her absence.
“Can you do your job without using Alacourt?” asked Edward Ungvarsky, who represents Todd. “Yes, she does everything,” Ross responded.
When asked if Todd was honest, Ross replied, “As far as I know she’s honest, she’s never lied to me.”
The COJ is expected to file an order on when the trial will resume. Due to the complexities of scheduling with nine judges and multiple attorneys, it could be weeks. If found guilty, Todd could face a range of sanctions, including being removed from the bench.
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HONG KONG, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Premia Partners, a leading ETF provider in Hong Kong, announces today listing of USD hedged unit class for Premia China Treasury & Policy Bank Bond Long Duration ETF.
The physically replicated ETF offers cost-efficient, unique and convenient access to long duration China government bond (CGB) in China. The new USD hedged unit class provides investors with differentiated option to partake in CGB opportunities and is Asia's first CGB ETF with USD hedging feature.
- Premia China Treasury & Policy Bank Bond Long Duration ETF (Tickers: 2817 HKD / 9817 USD/ 82817 RMB/ 9177 USD hedged unit class) tracks the ICE 10+ Year China Government & Policy Bank Index.
- It is globally the first and only ETF that provides direct access to ultra-long duration China treasury and policy bank bonds traded in onshore China, with stable A+/A1 sovereign ratings and much lower yield volatility among sovereign bonds.
- As of Aug 15th 2022, the ETF posted since Apr 2021 listing return of 12.2%, and average duration and average yield to maturity are 16.8 years and 3.2% respectively.
"Accessing Asia opportunities efficiently is always a topic close to our hearts at Premia. For us it is not just about launching new products, but also constantly updating features of our existing ETFs based on client feedback, for better and more relevant use cases." said Rebecca Chua, Managing Partner of Premia Partners. "The USD hedged unit class provides timely optionality for investors looking to maintain USD return during the current market environment."
"We've been pleased to work with Premia on this innovative solution for ultra-long USD hedged China government bonds, leveraging our industry leading fixed income evaluated pricing capabilities" said Magnus Cattan, Head of ICE Fixed Income & Data Services, Asia Pacific. "Several new ETF issuers have selected ICE's indices, resulting in growth in exciting new areas including regional fixed income and equity, thematic, climate and ESG ETFs in Asia."
About Premia Partners
Founded in 2016, Premia Partners is one of the leading ETF managers from Hong Kong, dedicated to building low-cost, efficient, best practice ETFs for Asia. As of Aug 15th 2022, Premia Partners manages 9 ETFs including Premia CSI Caixin China New Economy ETF which is the 4th largest broad based China A-shares ETF in Hong Kong. For more information on Premia or Premia ETFs covering China, Emerging ASEAN, Asia Metaverse/ Innovative Technology, Vietnam, China high yield bonds, China government bonds and US Treasury, please visit www.premia-partners.com
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Americans Can Now Shop the Online Retail Platform with Products Curated by Gutiérrez for Racing Fans
MONTERREY, Mexico, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EDASI, an online retail platform providing exclusive Formula 1 and motorsports products, has been bringing racing fans together since its 2021 Mexico launch, becoming the first formal distributor of F1 merchandise in Latin America. "Edasi," Estonian for "moving forward," has now accelerated to the U.S. market with its official launch in August 2022.
EDASI is founded and led by Esteban Gutiérrez, a former F1 driver who has raced in prestigious competitions from 2013-2016. Now currently a Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team Ambassador, Gutiérrez also races six times a year, representing Mercedes in Formula 1 and the Inter Europol Competition team in the World Endurance Championship. Gutiérrez strives to share his love for the world of motorsports by providing curated products that allow others to showcase their passion through top-of-the-line apparel and accessories.
Gutiérrez shares, "Since beginning my professional racing career at 14 years old, racing was all I focused on. Once I noticed that there was not a formal distributor for F1 products in Latin America, that focus began to shift. I wanted to help spread the magic the motorsports world has to offer and with that, EDASI was born."
Now available for e-commerce sale and shipping in the United States, EDASI creates a frictionless journey through its seamless navigation, dependable customer service, and quick shipping that does not add additional cost for international customs. Dedicated to bringing the buzz of the racetrack directly to fans, EDASI delivers exceptional quality products, matching the high-caliber standard worn by the drivers themselves.
"I feel very proud of the work we have done as a team to be expanding in other markets, especially now in the U.S., where the Formula 1 audience is growing at a very high pace" says Gutiérrez.
Helping fans stand out boldly with confidence, EDASI offers exclusive merchandise from teams such as Scuderia Ferrari, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1, and Red Bull Racing. Further committed to helping fans represent their favorite F1 drivers, EDASI offers apparel from current and former Formula 1 drivers, including Esteban Gutiérrez, Lewis Hamilton, and Ayrton Senna.
Gutiérrez reflects, "EDASI is more than an online platform. It is a community encouraging racing fans to dream passionately, live boldly, and to always keep moving forward."
About EDASI
EDASI, an official distributor of Formula 1 merchandise, is dedicated to sharing their passion for Formula 1 Racing and other motorsports through authentic apparel and accessories with the hope to inspire others to dream passionately and live boldly. EDASI further continues to connect the motorsports community through its blog by covering topics such as F1 history, upcoming racing news, recently released collections, and more.
Discover the thrill by visiting EDASI's website and follow Esteban Gutiérrez's journey @estebangtz.
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NAMPA, Idaho —
Nampa Fire Department (NFD) held a groundbreaking ceremony for the department’s newest station in more than ten years, Tuesday afternoon.
Fire station 6 will be located on 1725 W. Roosevelt Avenue in Nampa.
Nampa Mayor Debbie Kling, Nampa Fire District Commissioners and Fire Chief Kirk Carpenter attended the event.
“This is a lifesaving change for our community and we can't wait for construction to begin and start responding and having a positive effect in our community,” said Fire Chief Carpenter.
Fire Chief Carpenter said the location of the new station is the best place to serve the community, by cutting response times down by minutes which will help save lives.
Nampa Fire station 6 will open up nine to twelve new positions.
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Siloam Springs, Fort Smith Southside scrimmage ahead of football season
Siloam Springs and Southside met in a practice game ahead of the 2022 football season.
Siloam Springs and Southside met in a practice game ahead of the 2022 football season.
Siloam Springs and Southside met in a practice game ahead of the 2022 football season.
Some Arkansas high school football teams are scrimmaging ahead of the 2022 season.
"It's like a dress rehearsal," Brandon Craig, Siloam Springs head coach, said. "You know, you're getting ready and you're getting an opportunity to go out and you know it doesn't count as a win or a loss. So you get to experiment, play a lot of kids, get them on film and evaluate.”
Craig's Panthers are getting in some preseason competition Tuesday night with the Fort Smith Southside Mavericks.
Both the teams are coming off tough 2021 seasons. The Mavs finished 2-9 while the Panthers recorded just a single win. But both progams are also hoping to bounce back this season with rosters heavy on uperclassmen.
With a veteran squad returning to the field for Southside, head coach Kim Dameron just needs his guys to be confident in their ability to win games this season.
"We've got to do the little things the right way," Dameron said. "Attention to detail and let these guys who have played get out there and really compete. We've just got to find a way to believe we can not only compete with people but also win games."
The Mavs-Panthers game wasn't the only one scheduled for Tuesday night. Across town another preseason showdown features Fort Smith Northside and Bentonville West. | https://www.4029tv.com/article/siloam-springs-fort-smith-southside-scrimmage-ahead-of-football-season/40912586 | 2022-08-17T00:25:04Z | https://www.4029tv.com/article/siloam-springs-fort-smith-southside-scrimmage-ahead-of-football-season/40912586 | false |
NEW YORK (AP) — Backed by the grassroots labor group that secured the first-ever union victory of an Amazon warehouse in the U.S., workers of another warehouse filed a petition on Tuesday for an election in upstate New York in the hopes of a similar outcome.
A spokesperson for the National Labor Relations Board said the petition was filed for the warehouse known as ALB1, located in the town of Schodack, roughly 10 miles (16 kilometers) southeast of Albany.
To qualify for a union election, the NLRB requires signatures from 30% of eligible voters at a specific facility. Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding how many employees it has at the Schodack location.
Heather Goodall, a warehouse worker and a former insurance agent who’s leading the organizing effort, said in an interview earlier this month that workers had enough support to file for a union petition, but were choosing to delay in order to pick up even more signatures. On Tuesday, she said the group’s attorneys were not ready to release information on the number of signatures collected to the public.
The NLRB must now verify if the workers who signed the petition are qualified to seek an election. If the agency approves, it will sort out dates and times for an election between the company and the Amazon Labor Union, which pulled off a union win on Staten Island, New York in April.
The union, composed of former and current warehouse workers, began backing organizing efforts in upstate New York after it was approached by Goodall, who joined Amazon in February to scope out the company’s working conditions. She quickly began talking to her co-workers about organizing and launched the union campaign in May along with a group of other workers.
Soon after, Goodall said she met with the Teamsters and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, or RWDSU, which also took on Amazon during a union election at a facility in Bessemer, Alabama, the results of which are still being contested.
Eventually, she said organizers decided to pursue a more grassroots approach and align with the ALU, based on a belief the group understood the company better than other established unions.
“It seemed to make sense that we work directly with them, and continue to build the Amazon Labor Union nationally,” Goodall said.
A labor victory in Schodack would essentially broaden ALU’s support within Amazon and transform it into a touch point for labor concerns beyond Staten Island. It could also revive enthusiasm that began to flail following the group’s May loss at a second warehouse on Staten Island and reports that it halted organizing at two other nearby facilities.
At the same time, the ALU is defending its lone win against Amazon, which has filed more than two dozen objections to that election. Attorneys for both sides have attempted to discredit the others’ claims during a weeks-long, contentious NLRB hearing that wrapped up in mid-July. A ruling on that case is expected to be issued in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, dozens of TikTok creators are pledging to stop business with Amazon until it meets the demands of the union, such as a minimum wage of $30 an hour and longer breaks. On Tuesday, the nonprofit Gen-Z for Change unveiled a campaign backed by roughly 70 content creators who say they will refuse to monetize their platforms for Amazon unless “tangible changes” are made to improve working condition.
“Amazon’s widespread mistreatment of their workers and blatant use of union busting tactics will no longer be tolerated by the TikTok Community or TikTok Creators,” according to a letter the group shared on Twitter.
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the campaign or the election filing submitted Tuesday.
Other campaigns have been underway at company warehouses in states like Kentucky and North Carolina as workers attempt to gather enough signatures to petition for their own elections. Among other things, workers in upstate New York are calling for better training at the company’s warehouse and higher wages.
“We have employees that are unable to even make it to work because they can’t afford gas,” Goodall said. “They can’t afford car repairs, they can’t afford to support their families.”
The petition comes amid broader scrutiny into Amazon and its warehouse operations across the country. On Monday, dozens of workers at a company air hub in San Bernardino, California walked off the job to protest low wages and safety from heat.
Federal officials have also been more involved. Last month, OSHA inspected Amazon facilities in a handful of states after receiving referrals for health and safety violations. The civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York is also investigating safety hazards at Amazon warehouses and what a spokesperson for the office called “fraudulent conduct designed to hide injuries from OSHA and others.” | https://www.wfla.com/business/ap-business/amazon-workers-in-upstate-new-york-file-for-union-election/ | 2022-08-17T00:25:53Z | https://www.wfla.com/business/ap-business/amazon-workers-in-upstate-new-york-file-for-union-election/ | false |
BOSTON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 5, 2022, the DoD announced that it awarded Noble Supply and Logistics, LLC, a $1.2B, 10-year, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with DLA Aviation, Richmond, Virginia, for a category of hardware and abrasives items used in multiple weapon systems. Noble, a defense technology company, will begin operations to fulfill the approximately 55,000 national stock numbers (NSNs) comprising FSG 53 at its QSLD-certified distribution facilities.
Lee Weatherford, Noble's Global Head of Mission Support, will oversee all FSG 53 Program operations. "I am grateful that DLA Aviation has trusted Noble with this huge opportunity. Our team looks forward to working with DLA. We appreciate this opportunity to automate an efficient, high-quality, supply chain solution," said Weatherford. "Noble is known for its capabilities in supply chain management, logistics, mission support, and technology solutions for military and government."
Under the FSG 53 contract, Noble will provide supply chain management to support the Defense Logistics Agency's worldwide customers. Services include customer direct orders and military retail stock replenishment with expedited (one to three-day) deliveries of items within the contract scope. Customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Foreign Military, and other authorized government buyers. The benefits provided to DLA through this contract with Noble include cost savings, price reduction, quality improvements through automation, and reduction in acquisition cycle times.
Noble Supply & Logistics, LLC provides worldwide supply and logistics services to the U.S. Military, Federal Government, state and local governments, and commercial clients. The company's global footprint includes headquarters in Boston, MA, and regional distribution centers, warehouses, and operations centers.
Noble offers complete supply chain management, including procurement services, global sourcing, specialty manufacturing, material management, quality assurance, and supply sustainment. Specific functions Noble will perform as part of the FSG 53 contract include:
- Procurement and purchasing
- Order processing and fulfillment
- Quality control
- Obsolescence management
- Data management and data delivery
- Packaging, transportation coordination, and shipment
- Customer support services
- Counterfeit control
- Material returns
- Warehousing
- Planning and forecasting
- Shelf-life management
Fulfillment of the items comprising the FSG 53 contract will take place at Noble's 67,000 sq. ft., state-of-the-art distribution facility located within the Scannell Logistics Park in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Noble's distribution team supports global shipments with rapid, responsive, and cost-effective solutions to logistical challenges.
NOBLE drives mission success with world-class products, logistics, services, and training through accelerated procurement. The company's footprint includes operation centers, distribution centers, and consolidation points positioned to expedite delivery and enhance global product availability.
In addition to distributing 13,000 manufacturer brands, NOBLE offers specialized technical and training services for customers with Aerospace, C5ISR, CBRNe, EOD, Expeditionary, MRO, and Tactical requirements. NOBLE uses an established supply chain, existing vendor relationships, and vast catalog to lower costs and increase selection and availability. As a result, NOBLE reduces the cost of readiness while maintaining the ability to respond rapidly to today's challenges.
Visit www.noble.com to learn more.
CONTACT: Cela Libeskind, Director, Brand Marketing, clibeskind@noble.com
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[Trump/Russia/GOPgate] sock puppet org busted
By PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/30/2022 - 6:14am |Previous 5-month long thread here:
http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/barr-trumps-soiled-reputations-35202
New charges may signal a more expansive effort to weed out Russian sockpuppet orgs for influencing elections & public opinion, right and left. ["failure to register as a foreign agent"]
13 Russians charged by Mueller in absentia 4 years ago, but this one seems to point higher up the RU food chain plus charges Americans as well.
The presence of investigation in Tampa (thoselcharging Black Hammer ATL as well) instead of SDNY may also signal a broader effort or different regional approach (good morning, Mr. DeSantis - nice hotbed of dissent you got there, would be a shame to see it go belly up)
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Twitter has made the WaPo Gaetz hot mike story a 'news event'
1 hour ago
Hot mic captured Gaetz assuring Stone of pardon, discussing Mueller redactions
As Roger Stone prepared to stand trial in 2019, complaining he was under pressure from federal prosecutors to incriminate Donald Trump, a close ally of the president repeatedly assured Stone that “the boss” would likely grant him clemency if he were convicted, a recording shows. At an event at a Trump property that October, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) predicted that Stone would be found guilty at his trial in Washington the following month but would not “do a day” in prison. Gaetz was apparently unaware they were being recorded by documentary filmmakers following Stone.
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/30/2022 - 3:10pm
Mho this is VERY well framed:
He always cared more about 'ratings' than real governing, but has now totally gone over to a fantasy land presidential campaign. For him this is now all about winning the most 'fans' and admirers on the right, not about having the job of president. While the fight about the presidency is currently still useful, he doesn't necessarily need that, he can turn around and use an alternative, like, say, representing the worst case scenario of the Deep State coming after you, the ultimate victim, but he is the one superhero savior who can fight back. It always comes down to 'ratings' for this man, it was never simply about politics.
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/30/2022 - 2:47pm
P.S. consider this: when push comes to shove, he may realize that he really doesn't want the job of president as he once deluded himself that he did. Look at how he despised all those minions who pestered him with actual presidential duties and how he paid no real attention to what his cabinet secretaries were doing, caring only if they reflected well on him. Look at how he spent 1/6, shut up in his dining room, enthralled watching his fans fight for him on the teevee and loathe to deal with it in any real way! Look at him trying to record that video and Ivanka struggling with getting him to use certain words. He is not so much thinking 'coup tactics" all he really cares about is not discouraging the fans from continuing to fight for him. He even uses the famous celeb words to fans "we love you"
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/30/2022 - 3:02pm
Sometimes Seth Abramson surprises with his understanding of pop culture (even tho he usually comes off like Joe Friday on 'Dragnet');
this guy's got the reality
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/30/2022 - 3:26pm
According to internal communications reviewed by Rolling Stone, Trump’s team is “quietly” planning for criminal charges as they wait for the Justice Department to make its move
by artappraiser on Sun, 07/31/2022 - 9:23pm
a reminder that Richard William Painter ...is an American lawyer, professor, and political candidate. From 2005 to 2007 Painter was the chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration. He is the S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Minnesota, and since 2016 has served as vice-chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW),[2][3] a government watchdog group.[4]....
by artappraiser on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 6:05pm
Trump really did do some really crazy 25th-amendment style stuff in his lame duck period
What impresses me after listening to this is that it got stopped, it didn't happen, we still had a government that worked
by artappraiser on Thu, 08/04/2022 - 3:22pm
Methinks a good buy because their viewership is an older demographic who will know who he is and like him!
by artappraiser on Tue, 08/09/2022 - 6:57pm
saw that and saw how outraged many people are but one wonders what can be done about it until the Nov. elections are over, you have to know what kinda Senate you'll have and it seems to many that there are already a gazillion investigations going on
I guess the point: if you want him impeached first you got to get out there and work hard for a better Senate situation; for just one example:
by artappraiser on Fri, 08/05/2022 - 2:33pm
NYPost's Editorial Board coming out as given up on Trump:
concluding line
It’s up to the Justice Department to decide if this is a crime. But as a matter of principle, as a matter of character, Trump has proven himself unworthy to be this country’s chief executive again.
by artappraiser on Sun, 08/07/2022 - 1:29pm
Inside the War Between Trump and His Generals by Susan B. Glasser and Peter Baker -
by artappraiser on Mon, 08/08/2022 - 5:04pm
Michael Cohen:
recalling a legal distinction he used ta make for his client?
by artappraiser on Mon, 08/08/2022 - 11:25pm
Good to lighten one's mood; Trae's a funny good ol boy. I especially like the little phrase he slips in there for Trump so you'll have that..
by artappraiser on Tue, 08/09/2022 - 9:07pm
Representative Scott Perry says the F.B.I. seized his cellphone.
Luke Broadwater @NYTimes.com,Aug. 9, 2022, 7:50 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. on Tuesday seized the cellphone of Representative Scott Perry, Republican of Pennsylvania and the chairman of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus, according to the congressman’s office.
Mr. Perry, who has been issued a subpoena by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, said three F.B.I. agents seized his phone Tuesday morning while he was traveling with family.
“They made no attempt to contact my lawyer, who would have made arrangements for them to have my phone if that was their wish,” Mr. Perry said in a statement. “I’m outraged — though not surprised — that the F.B.I., under the direction of Merrick Garland’s D.O.J., would seize the phone of a sitting member of Congress.”
His statement was reported earlier by Fox News.
Mr. Perry compared the seizure of his cellphone to the F.B.I.’s search of former President Donald J. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property Monday, in which agents took out boxes of materials after an all-day search related to an investigation into the mishandling of White House documents.
“My phone contains info about my legislative and political activities, and personal/private discussions with my wife, family, constituents and friends. None of this is the government’s business,” Mr. Perry said. “As with President Trump last night, D.O.J. chose this unnecessary and aggressive action instead of simply contacting my attorneys. These kinds of banana republic tactics should concern every citizen.”
It was not immediately clear why the F.B.I. had seized Mr. Perry’s phone. A spokeswoman for the congressman did not respond right away to a follow-up question, and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Mr. Perry has refused to appear before the Jan. 6 committee, and his lawyer has argued that there was “nothing improper” about his actions during the buildup to the attack on the Capitol.
In the weeks after the 2020 election, Mr. Perry was among at least 11 members of Congress who were involved in discussions with White House officials about overturning the election, including plans to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to throw out electoral votes from states won by President Biden, according to the committee. Mr. Perry also endorsed the idea of encouraging supporters to march to the Capitol, the committee has said.
A member of Congress since 2013, Mr. Perry also compiled a dossier of voter fraud allegations and coordinated a plan to try to replace the acting attorney general, who was resisting Mr. Trump’s attempts to overturn the election, with a more compliant official.
Mr. Perry is not the only ally of Mr. Trump whose phone has been seized in recent weeks. In June, federal agents seized the phone of John Eastman, the conservative lawyer who advised Mr. Trump on strategies to overturn the election.
Luke Broadwater covers Congress. He was the lead reporter on a series of investigative articles at The Baltimore Sun that won a Pulitzer Prize and a George Polk Award in 2020. @lukebroadwater
by artappraiser on Tue, 08/09/2022 - 10:04pm
OMG - can you say SPIES boys and girls?
Domestic, foreign, or both?
by artappraiser on Wed, 08/10/2022 - 10:34am
DOJ moves to unseal warrant that led to FBI search of Trump’s Florida home, AG Garland says
@ Twitter events. Aug. 11
The US Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it is moving forward with unsealing the search warrant and itemized receipt of what was taken from former president Donald Trump’s residence at his Mar-a-Largo Club in Palm Beach, Florida, during an FBI search of the property earlier this week. It was Attorney General Merrick Garland’s first public statement since Monday’s search and the first public acknowledgment that the department is actively investigating Trump’s handling of classified presidential records.
by artappraiser on Thu, 08/11/2022 - 5:17pm
and that works with this, where anything "bad" will have been planted:
Former US President Donald Trump has said he will not oppose the release of the warrant that let FBI agents search his Mar-a-Lago home earlier this week.
In a statement, Mr Trump said he was encouraging its "immediate release" - but repeated his claim the search was unnecessary and politically motivated....
by artappraiser on Fri, 08/12/2022 - 2:44am
a little digression, a reminder that on 1/6/21, while basically live blogging on the action on Dagblog, I said something like 'they've been inspired by the BLM defund/abolish protesters." And I got tons of shit from NCD and rmrd that they have nothing to do with each other (both of whom were also supporting the narrative that if they were Black, the evil Capitol Police would shoot them). I got good support from oceankat, who sensibly realized that it was all, both things about RULE OF LAW and society having the forces to support it.
Here you go. You either hate the idea of cops or you don't:
Which side are you on, having rule of law or ditching it for all just politics and identity and interest groups fighting each other to death all the time?
by artappraiser on Thu, 08/11/2022 - 11:28pm
hashtag #TraitorTrump now trending on Twitter; edit to add also #TRE45ON
by artappraiser on Fri, 08/12/2022 - 4:15pm
Judge Denies Trump Executive’s Request to Dismiss Manhattan Tax Case
Allen H. Weisselberg, who was indicted last summer, and the Trump Organization are scheduled to stand trial in October.
By Jonah E. Bromwich, Ben Protess, William K. Rashbaum and Lola Fadulu @ NYTimes.com, Aug. 12, 2022, 10:38 a.m. ET
A Manhattan state court judge on Friday declined to throw out the criminal case against Donald J. Trump’s family business and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg, clearing the way for a trial in the case scheduled for the fall.
Mr. Weisselberg and the business, the Trump Organization, were charged last year by the Manhattan district attorney’s office with having engaged in a 15-year scheme in which executives were compensated with hidden benefits so that they could evade taxes. The charges stemmed from the office’s long-running investigation into the company’s business practices.
In February, Mr. Weisselberg and the company filed motions to dismiss the charges, arguing that the case was politically motivated and that the defendants were charged only because of their link with former president Donald J. Trump.
The decision marked the latest legal blow to Mr. Trump in a week full of them.
On Monday, the F.B.I. searched his Florida home in connection with an unrelated criminal investigation. And on Wednesday the former president invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in an interview with the New York state attorney general, which is conducting a civil inquiry into some of the same practices that are being examined by the Manhattan district attorney.
The judge, Juan Merchan, granted a significant victory to the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg. His prosecutors argued in May, in response to the motion to dismiss, that there was nothing extraordinary about the charges: Mr. Weisselberg had violated the law in failing to pay his taxes and was being prosecuted for it, they said.
“Over the course of the period charged in the indictment, Weisselberg evaded payment of taxes on a total of $1.7 million in income,” they wrote in a memo filed with the court. “Such illegal conduct is regularly prosecuted and this office would have been remiss not to have done so here.”
Justice Merchan dismissed one count of criminal tax fraud against the Trump Organization and its affiliated payroll company, letting stand 14 of the 15 counts in the indictment against the business and all of the counts against Mr. Weisselberg. The prosecutors had conceded in May that the count should be dismissed because of issues with the statute of limitations [....]
by artappraiser on Fri, 08/12/2022 - 4:13pm
ah just a refresher, as one tends to forget all the shit going down at Mar-a-Lago while he was President
by artappraiser on Fri, 08/12/2022 - 9:37pm
'Taste of his own medicine': Plane flies ‘Ha Ha Ha' banner over Trump's Mar-a-Lago home
Natalie Neysa Alund USA TODAY, Aug. 11-12, 2022
A Florida man on Wednesday commissioned a plane to pull a sky banner with the message "Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha" and fly over Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home as supporters of the former president rallied outside to protest this week's FBI search of the home.
Miami resident Thomas Kennedy told USA TODAY on Thursday that he and a handful of friends paid $1,800 to fly the banner for four hours Wednesday near Trump's estate in Palm Beach.
"We thought it would be funny," said Kennedy, a self-professed Trump critic and Democratic activist. "From our perspective, Trump is a bully, and we wanted to give him a taste of his own medicine." [....]
by artappraiser on Fri, 08/12/2022 - 10:12pm
Trump is effing brilliant for what he does. People who lose track of that are simply retarded
It's not so much that we are simply retarded. It's more that we're not very good at understanding how the simply retarded think.
by ocean-kat on Tue, 08/16/2022 - 12:01am
yez. thank you for piping up cause more and more I am going with the simply retarded angle. I was just thinking on that after looking at pictures of him in Helsinki with Putin; Putin got him acting like a chastised little kid. Kim Jong Un and Saudis wrap him around their fingers. Looking at pictures of him with EU leaders, it's like they are mystified by a village fool and don't know how to handle him. He's got an intuitive feel for what's offensive to the "simply retarded" on the culture wars/politically-correct front but it's not like even Lee Atwater level. In the 90's he'd call the gossip columnists in NYC and say he was John Barron with a hot tip, they all knew it was him but would have to pretend they didn't. The balloons of a baby Trump in a diaper resounded for a reason. Rex Tillerson, a quintessential CEO- establishment Republican type who would at the same time understand at least some basic marketing to the masses really pegged it: fucking moron.
The fans are mostly morons who are sick as hell of being talked down to by elites and he knows how to humor them because he is one, there is nothing genius level at his rallies, they are moronic
by artappraiser on Tue, 08/16/2022 - 3:51am
Trump does have his rabid supporters but I wonder how many republicans voted for him thinking, he may be a moron but he's our moron. Everyone I know hates Biden but they still all voted for him. Not me, as I said before. I feel defeated on the political forum. We've lost so much so often. I've lost all hope. I'm retired on a beautiful 10 acres of land with my dogs. I just want to live in peace and bucolic simplicity with my dogs. I've dropped out but I can't help myself from still watching the show.
by ocean-kat on Tue, 08/16/2022 - 6:17am
It's not genius it's just being an alternative to what the Dems have become to 7% since they abandoned Bill Clinton's DNC. approach. They were approving he was better than having a Dem president. They tell the focus groups that "it would be even better if he quit with the Twitter" They don't like the behavior, but they like the results.
Look, Bill Clinton had the 65% approval rating all through his 2nd term.
33% ultra conservative voters have been a given nationally out whole lifetime!
It's no genius to get an extra 7% to get to 40%. Its genius to get 60%
My successful real estate business brother convinced my GenX brother that Trump, tho dumb, is better than the alternative, delivers the results you want. Loves DeSantis,. Both loathe political correctness, always have. New is they won't register as Republicans, they think the liberal media distorts and/or lies and Dems have become too socialist and try to regulate everything. He's the one who loves DeSantis and despises the California government which he sees as having ruined a paradise. Surprise, suprise,old Dagblogger momoe shows up and confirms what he says:DeSantis is liked and does the job.
Bill Maher says he didn't leave the Democratic party, they left him.
Plenty of Hispanic Americans of different subculture prefer a Trump type (or a Mayor Adams type) to an AOC type.
I think a part of your problem in not seeing how easy it is to win over 7% by being anti-liberal, that lies in that you are deluded that Hillary has the same centrist rep as her husband. She does not! To too many she is a shrill version of AOC, "politically correct" and divisive, elitist, not down home, and would let all those tax-and-spend types regulate-to-hell and ruin the economy. Yes it's unfair to her. So fucking what! Life is unfair. I don't get defending her like she's your mother. She was a bad choice politically espec. with Trump out there! Things would have been little different if she had won, with him out there raising his rabble against her! Every day it looks like a bad choice of candidate, It might have actually turned out worse if she was president! A very good chance of that with him out there not having to perform, just criticize
Don't underestimate how much a couple Sister Souljah moments might change Biden's approval rating once inflation dies down. He won the election. The majority just don't trust him yet to right the economy and not pander to the left.
You cannot get that 7% and pander to the left, you just can't. They are fed up. Maher does speak for them. That is not genius. It is simply recognition of how you cannot ally with lefty liberals and win nationally. You have to repudiate them. Yes, it's unfair as the deal with Trump is "wish you would stay off Twitter" while lefties have to be banished, but it is the way it is -nationally the whole is more tolerant of conservative nuts than they are of lefties
by artappraiser on Tue, 08/16/2022 - 3:14pm
One thing the internet has shown us is how many stupid and ignorant people there are in America and just how far gone so many are. I'm not just talking about the real crazies that believe Alex Jones and Qanon. There's also the simple basic shit. I was just reading the NYT article on the focus group from Wyoming about LIz Cheney. One participant said, "I don’t feel like we have a voice because we don’t have as many people as some of the bigger states. And that’s been since I’ve been in high school. I just don’t feel like we have a voice."
I'm like wtf. You have a population of 500 thousand and get two senators and California has nearly 40 million and gets the same two senators. Now we can argue whether that's good or bad, that's subjective. But to claim Wyoming doesn't have a voice when it has a disproportionately larger voice than any other state is just stupid. And I'm just fucking sick at so much stupid out there all the time.
by ocean-kat on Tue, 08/16/2022 - 6:40am
Bob Costa thread following up on Bolton on Trump's handling of documents:
by artappraiser on Sun, 08/14/2022 - 2:05pm
A reminder of why we all take what Mary Trump says more seriously than the usual family member of a national politician: he is first and foremost a textbook narcissist and she knows him all her life as well as having a PHD in clinical psychology
The only 'party' he really cares about is Trump.He'll switch any allegiances in a NY minute if he sees it as to his personal benefit. There's no other there there.
by artappraiser on Mon, 08/15/2022 - 3:51pm
ego, a lot of it may simply be ego, liking to brag about using power for its own sake, no matter who or what it destroys or hurts
certainly it's what he did in NYC prior his "Apprentice" years
by artappraiser on Mon, 08/15/2022 - 6:54pm
good point because: nobody will work with him in the future except the dregs who got nothing to lose:
while it increases the victimization factor for the fans, he certainly can't do what he does alone
by artappraiser on Tue, 08/16/2022 - 5:17pm
Just another 'Karen' bitching about following the rules?
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For the 3rd Year In A Row, TheraEx Staffing Services Appears on the Inc. 5000 Annual List
NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Inc. revealed that TheraEx Staffing Services is on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Among the top 500, the average median three-year revenue growth rate soared to 2,144 percent. Together, those companies added more than 68,394 jobs over the past three years.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc. magazine, which will be available on August 23.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
"We take pride in the trust-based relationships we build with every single client." Says Rey Rivera, President of TheraEx Staffing Services. "We pride ourselves, above all else, on the excellent, approachable, and personable relationships our recruiters develop with their jobseekers."
TheraEx Staffing Services is a Healthcare Professional-Owned Staffing Agency dedicated to matching Travel Nurses, Allied Healthcare professionals, and Locum Tenens with respected hospitals and rehabilitation centers across the United States. As a partner to both clinicians and healthcare facilities nationwide, TheraEx Staffing Services has a best in-class team that delivers 24/7 support and personalized amenities. Founded in 2009 by Rey Rivera. President, TheraEx Staffing Services has the experience and resources to find you the perfect job opportunity; quickly and efficiently.
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WATCH: 77-year-old singer’s impromptu performance at Goodwill goes viral
HAMILTON, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) - An impromptu concert at an Ohio Goodwill featuring an elderly singer has gone viral.
Diana Garvin travels to nursing homes to sing to residents. Recently, her karaoke machine broke, so she went looking for a new one.
That’s when the 77-year-old ended up at the Goodwill in Hamilton on Aug. 8.
She reportedly found a karaoke machine on the shelf and wasted no time picking up the mic, entertaining customers like John Schuerfranz.
Schuerfranz told WXIX he got his phone out and started recording Garvin’s musical performance.
“All of a sudden, I heard this angel singing over in electronics, and I thought, ‘Well, I got to go over and see what this is,’” Schuerfranz said. “Sure enough, she was over there with her karaoke machine and singing ‘He’s got the whole world in his hands.’ I thought, ‘I got to share this with the world.’”
The video currently has more than 34,000 views on Facebook.
“I just love music,” Garvin said. “I don’t do it perfectly. I just love music and I love people. I have my own special way of talking to people.”
Garvin said she was going to buy the karaoke machine, but someone beat her to it.
“Another customer purchased it and gave it to Garvin free of charge,” said Michael Flannery, with the Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries.
Garvin said she would now be able to entertain her nursing home friends on karaoke night once again.
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Expand the "Shikigaku" theory to solve the low labor productivity issue in Japan! Aim for continued sales growth of at least 30%, and continue to invest heavily for growth.
TOKYO, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SHIKIGAKU Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7049) , the company that primarily provides management consulting and platform services based on "Shikigaku," an organizational management theory grounded in original and unique logical concepts, recently has been reviewed by Borderless IR Co., Ltd.(BIR), an independent research and investor relations support company providing reports on various publicly traded Japanese companies. In this report, BIR provides analysis of the company's business model and earnings.
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SHIKIGAKU CO., LTD (7049 TSE Growth) was founded in March, 2015 in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo, with a capital investment of 500 million yen under the corporate vision of "Disseminate Shikigaku and maximize people's potential". "Shikigaku" is a proprietary theory developed by analyzing the structure of human consciousness, and researching the causes of misunderstandings and misperceptions that impede behavior.
Business activities consists of five reporting segments: Management Consulting, Sports Entertainment, Contract Development, VC Funds, and Hands-On Support Funds. The core organization consulting business branch is classified broadly into two sectors, Management Consulting and Platform Services. Management consulting is a service that raises organizational productivity through the implementation and subsequent penetration of Shikigaku theory into the clientele organization based on Master Training, which was created by the Company. Platform Services consist of three components: "Shikigaku Basic Services", which provide ongoing operational support until organizational management grounded in its Shikigaku theory take hold; "Shikigaku Cloud", a web-based cloud service that supports clients; and "Shikigaku Members", a low-cost service that provides ongoing Shikigaku training and promotes the penetration and establishment of organizational management through exchanges with other members. Regarding other areas, in the Sports Entertainment business, the Company fulfills its function as a community-based club by conducting initiatives aimed at stimulating and expanding interest in local sports while also striving to facilitate strengthening the team in pursuit of promotion to the B1 League level. In the VC Fund business, the Company conducts investments focused on establishing and expanding organizational power and becoming a growth-generating organization. Meanwhile, it also operates venture capital funds that support growth by facilitating organizational improvements at companies in which they invest by implementing the Company's Shikigaku theory. In the Hands-On Support Fund business, the Company operates hands-on support funds that provide organizational improvement and finance support and draw income from capital gains generated through investment exit (IPO, M&A, etc.).
As of May, 2022, the number of companies that have utilized the management consulting service provided by Shikigaku has reached the 3,000 benchmark, and the number of publicly traded companies that have implemented the service has broken through the 100 company mark. Based on the current average amount of sales generated per customer, the Company estimates growth potential in the domestic market at 1.1 trillion yen (internal company estimate), and there is substantial room for development in regard to the 3.59 million companies in Japan. Shikigaku theory can be utilized in an extremely wide range of circumstances because of the ability to be implemented within any industry while also being applicable to non-corporate organizations. In recent years, comparatively low labor productivity has become a pressing issue in Japan, and there are expectations that Shikigaku theory will attract attention as a consulting method for improving labor productivity in Japan over the medium to long term. As part of its mid-term management plan, the Company has positioned the period from FY 2023/02 to FY 2025/02 as a period of investment, and intends to aggressively implement investments while generating a certain level of profit. There was a shift to a policy of expanding operating income while making the large investments necessary for medium to long term growth.The sales growth rate is specified as the most important management index, and as such the goal is to maintain a sales growth rate of 30% and above. The Company aims to achieve sales of 11 billion yen and operating income of 1.5 billion yen in the fiscal year ending FY 2026/02
Through the cumulative consolidated first quarter of the fiscal year ending February 28, 2023, the climate surrounding Shikigaku shows the market is demonstrating strong need for improvement in organizational productivity achieved through means such as results-based employee management and rule-oriented organizational management that generates results regardless of the workplace being utilized. Accordingly, demand for the Company's services remains robust.For the first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year (1Q FY 2023/02) the Company reported net sales of 1,102 million yen, (+30.6% YoY). EBITDA (net sales + taxes + interest expense + depreciation + amortization) totaled 49 million yen (-43.7% YoY). Operating profit totaled 33 million yen (-52.9% YoY). Ordinary profit totaled 20 million yen (65.2% YoY). Net profit attributable to owners of the parent totaled 26 million yen (compared to net profit attributable to owners of the parent for the same period of the previous year was 21 million yen). The full-year consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2023 is net sales of 4,962 million yen (+29.8% from the previous year), operating income of 400 million yen (+11.3% from the previous year), and ordinary income of 382 million yen (+10.4% from the previous year). Net income attributable to owners of the parent company was 204 million yen (-9.1% from the previous year).
The Company considers continuous expansion of corporate value and the return of profits to shareholders to be important management issues. The dividend policy planned moving forward is to return profits to shareholders through profit distribution; taking into consideration the operating results and financial position of each fiscal year, while maintaining a sound financial structure and balancing retained earnings to prepare for future business expansion. For the time being however, the Company's policy is to prioritize large-scale investments for growth and continue to pay no dividends.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief is expected to plead guilty as soon as Thursday in a tax evasion case that is the only criminal prosecution to arise from a long-running investigation into the former president’s company, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg was scheduled to be tried in October on allegations he took more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation from the company, including rent, car payments and school tuition.
Prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney’s office and Weisselberg’s lawyers met Monday with the judge overseeing the case, Juan Manuel Merchan, according to court records. The judge then scheduled a hearing in the matter for 9 a.m. Thursday but did not specify the reason.
The people who spoke to the AP did so on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case. They said the purpose of Thursday’s hearing was for Weisselberg to enter a guilty plea, but cautioned that plea deals sometimes fall apart before they are finalized in court.
Weisselberg’s lawyer, Nicholas Gravante Jr., told The New York Times on Monday that Weisselberg has been engaged in plea negotiations to resolve the case, but did not specify terms of a potential plea deal. Reached by the AP, Gravante declined to comment.
The Times, citing two people with knowledge of the matter, said Weisselberg was expected to receive a five-month jail sentence, which would make him eligible for release after about 100 days. The deal would not require Weisselberg to testify or cooperate in any way with an ongoing criminal investigation into Trump’s business practices.
Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, is also charged in the case but did not appear to be involved in the plea agreement talks. Weisselberg and the Trump Organization have pleaded not guilty.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined comment. A message seeking comment was left with a lawyer for the Trump Organization.
News of Weisselberg’s plea negotiations came days after the judge denied requests by his lawyers and the Trump Organization to throw out the case. The judge did drop one criminal tax fraud count against the company citing the statute of limitations, but more than a dozen other counts remain.
In seeking dismissal of the case, Weisselberg’s lawyers argued prosecutors in the Democrat-led district attorney’s office were punishing him because he wouldn’t offer up damaging information against the former president.
The judge rejected that argument, saying that evidence presented to the grand jury was legally sufficient to support the charges.
Weisselberg, who turned 75 on Monday, is the only Trump executive charged in the yearslong criminal investigation started by former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who went to the Supreme Court to secure Trump’s tax records. Vance’s successor, Alvin Bragg, is now overseeing the investigation. Several other Trump executives have been granted immunity to testify before a grand jury in the case.
Prosecutors alleged that Weisselberg and the Trump Organization schemed to give off-the-books compensation to senior executives, including Weisselberg, for 15 years. Weisselberg alone was accused of defrauding the federal government, state and city out of more than $900,000 in unpaid taxes and undeserved tax refunds.
The most serious charge against Weisselberg, grand larceny, carried a potential penalty of five to 15 years in prison. The tax fraud charges against the company are punishable by a fine of double the amount of unpaid taxes, or $250,000, whichever is larger.
Trump has not been charged in the criminal probe, but prosecutors have noted that he signed some of the checks at the center of the case. Trump, who has decried the New York investigations as a “political witch hunt,” has said his company’s actions were standard practice in the real estate business and in no way a crime.
Last week, Trump sat for a deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ parallel civil investigation into allegations Trump’s company misled lenders and tax authorities about asset values. Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination more than 400 times.
In the months after Weisselberg’s arrest, the criminal probe appeared to be progressing toward a possible criminal indictment of Trump himself, but the investigation slowed, a grand jury was disbanded and a top prosecutor left after Bragg took office in January — although he insists it is continuing.
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DISTURBING: Councilman charged after 7 children found in ‘filthy’ home, authorities say
WEST UNION, W. Va. (WDTV/Gray News) - A councilman in West Virginia is facing child neglect charges after officers say several children were found living in an unsanitary and filthy home.
WDTV reports child protective services and officers responded to a West Union home to investigate a complaint on July 11.
Authorities say officers made contact with 58-year-old Edward Barker when they arrived at the home.
Officials shared that the home was in “very unsanitary and filthy” conditions. Children inside the house were “physically dirty” with matted hair and “smelled of body odor and urine.”
Officers said there were dog feces on the home’s floors and beds with no sheets or blankets with what looked like urine stains on them.
Deputies also said cockroaches were crawling inside the home and refrigerator.
Child protective services reportedly filed a petition and removed seven children from the home who were from 4 years old to 14 years old.
According to the Doddridge County Sheriff’s Department, Barker was charged with child neglect. He was booked into the North Central Regional Jail on a $75,000 bond.
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WFO PHOENIX Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 16, 2022
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DUST STORM ADVISORY
Dust Advisory
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
548 PM MST Tue Aug 16 2022
The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a
* Dust Advisory for...
Southwestern Yuma County in southwestern Arizona...
Southeastern Imperial County in southeastern California...
* Until 645 PM MST/645 PM PDT/.
* At 548 PM MST/548 PM PDT/, a wall of dust was along a line
extending from near Araby to 10 miles south of Fortuna Foothills to
16 miles south of Ligurta, moving west at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Less than one mile visibility with strong wind in excess
of 50 mph.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Hazardous travel.
* This includes the following highways...
AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 1 and 16.
CA Interstate 8 between mile markers 84 and 96.
AZ Route 95 between mile markers 29 and 38.
Locations impacted include...
Yuma, Somerton, Gadsden, Fortuna Foothills, San Luis, Blaisdell,
Andrade, Winterhaven and Araby.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Blowing dust brings reduced visibility, leading to dangerous driving
conditions. If driving, avoid blowing dust if possible. If caught in
dense blowing dust, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep
your foot off the brake.
Motorists should not drive into an area of blowing dust. PULL ASIDE
STAY ALIVE!
Strong to severe thunderstorms are also possible behind this wall of
dust. Keep updated with this quickly evolving situation.
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TAIPEI, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FIC Group was founded in 1979 and was once the top Taiwan computer brand in the world. With 43 years design manufacturing experiences, it has a great influence on the computer industry in Taiwan and overseas.
Since the global industry has entered a brand-new digital era of technology, FIC is well aware of that the group's future business must move towards the new direction of OMO (Online Merge Offline) Green businesses. It believes that through innovative technology application, it can provide people with a comfortable and convenient life, thereby enhancing the competitiveness of Taiwan's industry and becoming a sustainable development enterprise.
Mr. Leo Chien, the General Manager of FICG (3701.TW), said that when he realized the arrival of the technology era, he led the group to transform, began to lay out and conduct in-depth research on new markets, and deeply engaged in the design manufacturing of OE automotive electronics and focusing on the Smart Energy management and Smart City Business.
In fact, the FIC group had never officially announced any new business directions in the past years, the market still considering that FIC is a notebook and MB brand for years, but no one knows FIC has already transformed their businesses since 2011.
Today, FIC group officially announces the change of new corporate imagery to the market, meaning that FIC firmly enters a new era and new direction, running a new business journey with partners.
The whole new design logo concept was inspired by the spiritual elements, concepts and the inheritance of corporate cultures of the group. Use the small letter "fic" to express the meanings of easygoing, people-friendly, and linking to the young digital era. The "Cyan" color of the logo represents the design manufacturing business of OE automotive electronic products; the "Seaform Green", as an auxiliary color, represents the Smart City related businesses; symbolizing FIC standing out in the market and to provide a whole new lifestyle in Smart City and in car OMO metaverse.
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As Rep. Liz Cheney braces for a possible loss to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman in the race for Wyoming's Congressional seat, the story seems to be that Cheney faced the consequences of leading public Jan. 6 hearings on former President Donald Trump, which is a story that her team was optimistically brushing to the side.
A Cheney ally said, "This race is the first battle in a much larger and longer war that Liz is going to win because the future of the country depends on it,” Axios reported.
The election was seen as possibly a dramatic wrench Cheney's larger plan, after she was widely praised for her defiant spirit to do what she has considered an honorable task, attempting to hold former President Trump responsible for his actions on the day of the Jan. 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol involving his supporters. Some Republicans have supported her, but many in the GOP have not broken away from their party's support for Trump to join in a bipartisan effort to closely examine the timeline of events in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.
As the New York Times reported, surveys have shown that even though Cheney has been able to fundraise far beyond Hageman and has spent much more on her campaign than her opponent, she is still well behind in the race.
Cheney told CBS News earlier on Tuesday, “Today, no matter what the outcome is, [it] is certainly the beginning of a battle that is going to continue.”
Cheney said after casting her vote, “We’re facing a moment where our democracy really is under attack and under threat. And those of us across the board — Republicans, Democrats and Independents who believe deeply in freedom and who care about the Constitution and the future of the country — have an obligation to put that above party.”
Hageman's campaign adviser Tim Murtaugh said they felt good about the election, "which is the culmination of nearly a year and almost 40,000 miles traveled within Wyoming," Axios reported.
The polls, which were scheduled to close at 7 p.m. MT, 9 p.m. ET, had more than just Wyoming on edge in the hours leading up to the final results. Cheney would await her fate from Jackson, a town on Wyoming's western side that holds popular ski resorts. Hageman and her team would watch from the state capital of Cheyenne in the southeast corner near Colorado's border.
Murtaugh pushed back on Cheney's message and her team's optimism about their path criticizing their focus on Jan. 6.
"Liz Cheney made the race all about her and her war on President Trump, but it was always about the people of Wyoming, who haven’t had the representation they deserve for the last 18 months," Murtaugh said. | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/liz-cheney-plans-next-move-ahead-of-expected-defeat-to-trump-backed-hageman-in-wyoming | 2022-08-17T01:05:40Z | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/liz-cheney-plans-next-move-ahead-of-expected-defeat-to-trump-backed-hageman-in-wyoming | false |
NEW YORK (PIX11) — US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona made the rounds in New York City on Tuesday, touting investments for teachers and students, as schools get ready for the upcoming academic year.
He toured schools in Queens and Brooklyn alongside Congress members Grace Meng and Nydia Velazquez. Cardona also met with parents who want more resources for their kids come September.
Many are concerned about cuts to school budgets. Falling enrollment at public schools means a reduced budget for about 75 percent of schools.
The pandemic forced families to move from big cities, Cardona said. To get them back, schools need better programming for students. He called for investments in education. | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/secretary-of-education-meets-with-nyc-parents-students/ | 2022-08-17T01:05:51Z | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/secretary-of-education-meets-with-nyc-parents-students/ | false |
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